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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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But the technology's explosive spread has alarmed security researchers and corporate IT departments wary of employees inadvertently exposing company systems to hackers or causing disruption.

From Barron's

When overwhelming force meets unyielding resistance, the result is often explosive.

From The Wall Street Journal

Authorities later discovered suspected explosives in the vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal

"That challenges a major idea in the field, that all FRBs repeat, and opens the door to reconsidering more 'explosive' origins for at least some of them."

From Science Daily

Two weeks into the war, Iran still has the capacity to launch large numbers of low-cost, high explosive drones at its Gulf Arab neighbours as well as at shipping vessels.

From BBC