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Pronunciation / Transliteration: explosivo
"A polícia encontrou material explosivo no local."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A substance that can be made to explode, especially one used in bombs or industrial blasting.
"The police bomb squad safely disposed of the explosive."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb explode, from Latin explodere 'to drive out by clapping' (originally of a theater audience), from ex- 'out' + plaudere 'to clap'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "explosive" is said worldwide
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explosif
Transliteration: explosif
"Les démineurs ont désamorcé l'explosif."
Sprengstoff
Transliteration: Sprengstoff
"Die Polizei fand versteckten Sprengstoff im Gebäude."
esplosivo
Transliteration: esplosivo
"Gli artificieri hanno disinnescato l'esplosivo."
explosivo
Transliteration: explosivo
"Los artificieros desactivaron el explosivo."
explosivo
Transliteration: explosivo
"A polícia encontrou material explosivo no local."
विस्फोटक
Transliteration: visphotak
"सेना ने गुप्त ठिकाने से विस्फोटक बरामद किया।"
炸药
Transliteration: zhàyào
"工人们用炸药来开山修路。"
폭발물
Transliteration: pokbalmul
"경찰이 건물 안에서 위험한 폭발물을 발견했습니다."
爆薬
Transliteration: bakuyaku
"警察は現場から危険な爆薬を押収した。"
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