{
    "term": "explosive",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "easily able or likely to explode",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **explosive device** *(= a bomb)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an explosive mixture of chemicals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hydrogen is highly explosive."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["highly"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger or hate",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "one of the most explosive issues of our time"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The political situation is potentially explosive."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "often having sudden violent or angry feelings",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an explosive temper"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "increasing suddenly and rapidly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the explosive growth of the export market"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "sudden and loud",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was an explosive crash and then everything fell silent."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv//ɪkˈspləʊzɪv/",
                "audio": "ex/explosive/explosive__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv//ɪkˈspləʊzɪv/",
                "audio": "ex/explosive/explosive__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}