0 the condition of being able to explode easily, or of exploding with a lot of force: --
1 the loud or violent expression of strong feelings, or a tendency to express feelings like this: --
2 the ability to suddenly increase your speed or power while playing a sport, running, etc.: --
The sport's elite train to develop the explosiveness needed in ski jumping and the endurance vital for cross-country racing.
The 23-year-old brings an explosiveness to the Titans' backfield that has been missing for years.
In basketball, there's a lot of stopping and starting and so we need to work on our explosiveness.
She grew up in a country where passionate explosiveness seems to be the norm.
Past confrontations did not have the political explosiveness of the current dispute.
Volcanoes are evaluated based on their potential explosiveness.
Engineers have sought ways to make fuels burn efficiently but with less explosiveness on impact.