superexplosive

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adjective

Very highly explosive.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

adjectivesuperexplosive (comparative more superexplosive, superlative most superexplosive)

comparative more superexplosive · superlative most superexplosive · alternative super explosive

  1. Very highly explosive.
nounsuperexplosive (plural superexplosives)

plural superexplosives · alternative super explosive

  1. A very highly explosive substance.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Latinexplodō
  8. Latinexplōs-
  9. Englishexplosive
  10. Englishsuperexplosive

From super- + explosive.

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Chicago

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