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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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Article II of the NPT bans the manufacture and acquisition of nuclear explosive devices, but lacks any enforcement features.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

OpenAI’s vote of confidence for Amazon, coupled with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s shareholder letter last week, signal explosive demand for AWS.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Wall Street generally is constructive on shares of the AI data-analytics giant, which has earned accolades for its explosive revenue growth and high profitability.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Their idea involves the explosive death of a rare type of black hole known as a "quasi-extremal primordial black hole."

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

At 7:12 a.m. on February 21, 1916, an explosive shell fired from a German long-barreled gun nearly twenty miles away smashed into the thousand-year-old cathedral of Verdun.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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