explosive
/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/
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American sound/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/
ɪkˈspləʊsɪv
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- Final e often stays silent
ɪk - ˈspləʊsɪv -> explosive
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ပေါက်ကွဲစေတတ်သော။ (n) ပေါက်ကွဲစေတတ်သည့်အရာ(ဒိုင်းနမိုင်း)။
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explosive /Çk'splǝƱsÇv, -zÇv/ adj
၁။ ပေါက်ကွဲတတ်သော။ ပေါက်ကွဲလွယ်သော။
an explosive mixture of chemicals
❍ explosive materials ❍ Hydrogen is highly explosive.
၂။ [ဥ] ပေါက်ကွဲနိုင်သော။ an explosive situation/ issue ❍ an explosive temper ❍ Politics can be an explosive subject.
n [C, U] ပေါက်ကွဲတတ်သော ပစ္စည်း။ secret stores of arms and explosives ❍ The bomb was packed with several pounds of high explosive
(ie a substance that explodes with great force). explosively adv
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volatile, likely to explode, unstable, TNT, ammunition, at the boiling point, bomb, booby trap, bursting, charge, charged, consequential, convulsive, dangerous, detonating, detonative, detonator, dynamite, ebullient, eruptive, fiery, fireworks, forceful, frenzied, fulminant, fulminating, grease, grenade, gunpowder, hazardous, hotheaded, impetuous, meteoric, mine, missile, mulligan, munition, nitroglycerin, overwrought, perilous, pineapple, powder, propellant, quick-tempered, raging, rampant, shell, short-tempered, shot, soup, stormy, tense, touchy, ugly, uncontrollable, unpredictable, vehement, violent, wild
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