explosively
adverb
uk/ɪkˈspləʊ.sɪv.li/us/ɪkˈsploʊ.sɪv.li/explosivelyadverb(BURST)
in a way thatrelatesto,causes, or iscausedby somethingexploding:
Thesubstanceistoxicand explosivelyflammable.
in a way that is verysuddenandpowerful, like anexplosion:
爆炸性地；爆发地Duringourconversationhe sometimesgigglesexplosively.在我们的谈话过程中，他有时会突然咯咯大笑起来。
As aplayerhe wastalentedand explosivelyenergetic.作为一名球员，他才华横溢，精力旺盛。
- Liquidcarbondioxideseepedto thesurface, where it would explosivelyvaporizeandblastoutward, like asmallvolcano.
- A-bombsrequirehighlyconcentratedamountsof fissionablematerialsthat are explosivelycompressedtogether.
- Thevolcanomayeruptexplosively.
- Hecoughedexplosively.
Exploding and erupting
- blast
- blow
- blow(someone/something)up
- blowout
- burst
- burst in onsomeone/something
- burst in/into(somewhere)
- detonate
- detonator
- erupt
- explosion
- explosiveness
- flame
- go off
- go popidiom
- go up
- implode
- implosion
- pop
- test-fire
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Power and intensity
Not expected or planned
explosivelyadverb(GROWTH)
in a way thatgrowsorspreadsextremelyquickly:
IndiaandChinawereenjoyingexplosivelygrowingeconomies.
Theseweedscauseproblemsbecause oftheirabilitytospreadexplosively.
- In no otherlandorperiodin thehistoryof theworldhas there been such an explosivelyexpandingeconomy.
- Thecompanyhasgrownexplosively tobecomethe world'sleadingmakerofmedicaldevices.
- Thecompanyhad an explosivelysuccessfulinitialpublicoffering.
- Theinfectioncomes on explosively, just likebacterialmeningitis.
- Thediseasemovesexplosively throughherdsofwilddeer.
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflame
- inflation
- mushroom
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- scalesomethingup
- stake
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Enlarging and inflating
explosivelyadverb(EMOTION)
in a way thatrelatesto orcausesstrongfeelings,especiallyanger, beingloudlyorviolentlyexpressed:
He has an explosivelycombativetemperament.
- Moneyrepresentsourfondesthopes,ourmostferventdreams,ourworstnightmares, all balled up into an explosivelyemotionalpackage.
- Most explosively, theleakeddocumentscontainedclaimsthat thegovernmentwaspreparedtoofferarmstoterrorists.
- Theirpartnershipwas explosivelypassionate.
Strong feelings
- afire
- all-consuming
- anguish
- anguished
- ardent
- fierce
- fierceness
- fit to burstidiom
- fulminating
- grip
- pungently
- rabid
- rabidly
- reinforced
- rhapsodic
- riptide
- searing
- tingle
- torrid
- virulent
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
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