Usually means: Explodes with intense force, energy.
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  1. detonative: Merriam-Webster
  2. detonative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detonative: Collins English Dictionary
  4. detonative: Vocabulary.com
  5. detonative: Wordnik
  6. detonative: Wiktionary
  7. detonative: Dictionary.com
  8. detonative: Rhymezone
  9. detonative: FreeDictionary.org
  10. detonative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. detonative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. detonative: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously

Similar:
explosive, detonable, explosible, blastworthy, incendive, explodable, eruptible, acoustic, incendiary, bombworthy, more...

Opposite:
non-explosive, inert, stable, unreactive

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Similar:
explosive, detonable, explosible, blastworthy, incendive, explodable, eruptible, acoustic, incendiary, bombworthy, more...

Opposite:
non-explosive, inert, stable, unreactive



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