Explosive

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From Latin explos-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explodō + the suffix -ive.

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explosive (adj.)

1660s, "tending to explode," from Latin explos-, past participle stem of explodere "drive out, reject" (see explosion) + -ive. As a noun, from 1874. Related: Explosives (n.); explosively; explosiveness.