Etymology

microexplosive

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to microexplosions. Full definition →

English explosive ← Latin explōs-
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  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Latinexplodō
  3. Latinexplōs-
  4. Englishexplosive
  5. English todaymicroexplosive

From micro- + explosive.

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