<p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.</li><li>Pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence.</li><li>Likely to lead to violence or hostility: an explosive issue.</li><li>(Phonetics) Plosive.</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>An explosive agent or substance, as dynamite.</li><li>(Phonetics) Plosive.</li></ul>