explosive

Able to, or likely to, explode.

an explosive device

Having the character of an explosion.

an explosive fire

Having the character of an explosion.

Notes: A rule set that (very probably) results in explosive growth; certainly in area if not population.

For example, putting a 1 at (0: 1,1) will cause explosive growth in all directions, putting a 1 at (0: 0,2A) will cause pairs of diagonal cells in a 2x2 square to alternate on and off, putting a 1 at (1: 4,4) will cause all solid 1 areas to stay 1 for another cycle, etc.

Rapidly accelerating.

Near-synonym: plyometric

explosive movements

Shocking; startling.

an explosive accusation

Any explosive substance.

A plosive.

The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance. The open a sound was predominant, and the explosives k and g.