plosive
ploh siv
- n a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- While the University of California's regents met at the ex plosive Berkeley campus, Governor Ron ald Reagan alerted National Guard units to stand by in nearby Alameda.
- This said in effect that even a small amount of matter held the ex plosive power of tons of TNT, which opened the door to the nu clear age.
- The most ex plosive issue in what Strauss called "a political minefield" was how explicitly the party charter should guarantee the representation and vote of individual groups .