English > explosive: 4 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck. |
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| Part of | explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
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| Narrower | charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge | A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time |
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| explosive compound | A compound that is explosive |
| explosive mixture | A mixture that is explosive |
| gunpowder, powder | A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75 |
| high explosive | A powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate |
| hydrazoic acid, azoimide, hydrogen azide, HN | A colorless explosive liquid / liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling |
| low explosive | An explosive with a low rate of combustion |
| propellant explosive, impulse explosive | An explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns / guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges |
| smokeless powder, Ballistite | An explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke |
| tetryl, nitramine | A yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators |
| warhead, payload, load | The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
| Broader | chemical, chemical substance | Material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules |
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| Spanish | explosivo |
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| Catalan | explosiu |
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| Adjectives | explosive | serving to explode / explode / explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst |
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