explosive vs eye-watering

explosive

adj
  • Shocking; startling. 

  • Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person. 

  • With the capability to, or likely to, explode. 

  • Having the character of an explosion. 

noun
  • Any explosive substance. 

eye-watering

adj
  • Of a shocking or surprising nature. 

  • So expensive that (figuratively) it would make one's eyes water. 

  • Having an odour, vapours or smoke which causes irritation to the eyes. 

  • Having an extremely bad odour. 

How often have the words explosive and eye-watering occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )