skyscraper

skyscraper


    Choose language
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    flag-widget
    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "explosive" in a sentence

    explosive example sentences

    explosive


    1. The history of eruptions, being by its very nature violent, would have been proud to record the effects of Annie’s full explosive force as it hit her brother’s online world with maximum venom


    2. But he decided his loyalties lay with Lord Tarak; he would let him decide how to handle such explosive news


    3. Be very careful not to touch it, it is an explosive device


    4. explosive force as it hit her brother’s online world with maximum


    5. There was nothing we could have done about the explosive device


    6. The explosive bolts blew out the doors and initiated the inflation of the emergency chutes


    7. “The only explosive we have, the auxiliary thruster fuel


    8. No more than a second later the front seats shot out with explosive force, followed very shortly by Torbin’s


    9. Some kind of extra circuitry was attached to one of the processor cores and when Peter Chisholm attempted to investigate it he triggered an explosive charge which destroyed several of the cores


    10. “That’s difficult to say for sure without getting a proper look at it,” she replied, “But my guess is that, given we're looking for explosive charges and that’s an anomalous device, it’s an explosive charge

    11. That would at least explain why it’s been placed where it is, as a thruster fuel line, would not only increase the power of the explosive but would also allow the detonation to spread along the pipe causes much wider damage


    12. “We believe that we may have located an explosive device in the port-side engine, sir


    13. ” agreed Ria, “Computer, can you predict the extent of the damage caused by a medium-sized explosive charge attached to one of the thruster fuel lines near the port-side engine?”


    14. At first he thought the explosive had failed after the timer on his suit reached zero


    15. Then he remembered that an explosive device a fraction of the size would still be quite sufficient to blow him to pieces


    16. First of all Ted put in the explosive charge then he passed the tin to me and I filled it with bits of iron old nails cartridge cases and even stones then I passed it on to Elijah who inserted a fuse into the detonator


    17. Then he would pass it on to Johnny who would crimp the neck of the detonator which held the fuse in Johnny then passed it on to Eli who would push the fuse trough a hole that had been made in the lid and down into the explosive leaving about four inches sticking out the top he would then push the lid on and stack the tin with the others we had made


    18. I got my first good look at Elijah now the scars on his face where hideous and disfiguring but worse than this was his eyes which were a fish belly white with no pupils or irises and round the sockets the flesh was pitted and black from the explosive that had taken his sight


    19. We were far ahead of the Soviets in both throw weight and explosive force of the missiles


    20. shells (high explosive) don’t forget we have carried a lot of them

    21. „kitchen cabinet," explosive temper (As a young man he fought a duel with a man who had insulted his wife, and carried a bullet in his chest for the remainder of his days


    22. Then it is simply a matter of preparing the ground: an explosive device to weaken the surface before the laser strike


    23. It locked on target within less than a second, releasing a low-yield explosive


    24. Then a dusty orange fireball forming tree-like, and finally the mushroom cloud so typical of these types of explosive devices


    25. Vast tracts of forest collapsed under the explosive force of super-heated air, emanating from a point ten times the heat of Earth’s sun


    26. This warhead produced over seven mega tonnes of explosive force


    27. and/or give her a 'variation of licks' because you know what it will lead to The Explosive Orgasm


    28. Basically, when your muscle is in the stretched position of an explosive move such as a vertical jump, the muscles and tendons store energy to prepare for the next contraction or explosive move


    29. The potential interaction between the explosive and the time device was an unknown quantity, notwithstanding the risk to her life


    30. Apparently the cannon could switch between armour piercing rounds and high explosive and the gunner simple shot the T55 right beneath the turret where the armour is the weakest and kept on shooting until it blew up

    31. 1 The Olympic Torch – This was classified by San Francisco TSA officers as a "slow burning explosive device,” and both the torch and its holder were denied passage


    32. The exit door disappeared with an explosive decompression that made my ears pop, then my mouth opened in an 'O' of surprise as pig-boy was sucked through the opening


    33. A native of Dixons City Academy and graduate of Bradford College, he began travelling the world at the age of 19 and participated in various regional conflicts and provided protection to the 14th Maharaja of Patiala where he learned Sniping, Vehicle operating skills and explosive skills


    34. As the vehicles neared closer to the buildings the fire crews and police began to receive, word of the possibility of an explosive device had caused the damage


    35. He was totally enraged with Gordon, but he knew full well that, if he hoped to get anywhere, that was not the emotion for opening a subject as explosive as quitting


    36. A potentially explosive mix, as most agreed, even in the hubris generated by all this new technology


    37. Why now? And what did it mean? He clearly remembered that day, when a small, home-made explosive device almost blew his hand off


    38. She looked downcast, glancing at Ethan, waiting for some kind of explosive reaction, some kind of reproach or exclamation that never came


    39. Unless you like explosive food it’s best to ask for no chilli as the mortar will already have enough ingrained in it from previous mixtures


    40. But what? Poison? An explosive?

    41. What I don’t say, because I’m sure she wouldn’t want everyone to know, is that Tori probably seemed explosive in Erudite headquarters because they murdered her brother for being Divergent


    42. “He could have strapped an explosive on himself


    43. obsessive, explosive, insecure


    44. “shoe bomber,” was arrested on December 22, 2001 for attempting to ignite an explosive in his shoe on a flight bound for Paris from Miami


    45. explosive lighter than expected


    46. the best place to position the explosive


    47. from the bag, wiring it to the explosive, keying in the timer for


    48. He had a real affinity for explosive and fire magic so he needed a safe place to work where he would not be in danger of destroying anything


    49. As it approached the truck, the explosive


    50. I was going to have you launch gas grenades into the upstairs windows, but I think we’ll need maximum visibility in case one of these guys goes for a stick of dynamite or some other explosive











































    Show more examples

    Synonyms for "explosive"

    explosive volatile incendiary ignitable combustible

    "explosive" definitions

    a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck


    serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst


    liable to lead to sudden change or violence


    sudden and loud