Explosive and Thrown

Explosive

Explosive adjective - Extreme in degree, power, or effect.

Thrown and explosive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thrown" instead an adjective "Explosive".

Thrown

Thrown adjective - Caused to fall to the ground.
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Synonyms for Thrown

Explosive and thrown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explosive" instead an adjective "Thrown".

Nearby Words: throw, throwing

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  • Lodged-Blade Recycling Ironhide in Transformers: Dark of the Moon gets a barbed weapon (possibly a timed explosive) thrown into his shoulder during a Mexican Standoff against two Decepticons.
  • The second episode has the Venomous, which fires bouncing poison projectiles, and the Sunflare, a thrown incendiary explosive.
  • Manga / Bokurano In the anime, worldwide governments lift bans on nuclear weapons in response to the mecha, and every explosive the military has gets thrown at both combatants in a late battle.
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