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explosively /ɛkˈspləʊsɪvli /adverb1In the violent manner of an explosion: some volcanoes erupt explosively while others just simmer along...- It can burn through the steel at the bottom of the drywell and interact with the concrete, producing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which could react explosively.
- Usually, these types of volcanoes erupt explosively and violently, sometimes completely blowing their tops!
- Hydrogen becomes explosively dangerous if it accumulates in the upper spaces of a structure.
2With an outburst of anger or controversy: residents reacted explosively to the rumours...- The trio seem increasingly intent on going for the jugular, asserting themselves aggressively and explosively in a manner entirely befitting a band whose home is Glasgow.
- The character is, by turns, explosively angry and wearily remorseful.
- When it didn't open, she kicked it explosively.
3(With reference to an increase) suddenly and dramatically: house prices have risen explosively over the past two years the quiet town has grown explosively...- A passionate entrepreneur launches a start-up, and the company grows explosively.
- The large and explosively growing private sector has over the past generation expanded to absorb the masses.
- The bass were not as explosively successful as catfish; those stocked in the Napa River failed to reproduce.
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