| Meaning | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy. |
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| Parts | explosive | A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck |
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| Narrower | bomb | An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions |
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| detonator, detonating device, cap | A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive |
| fuel-air explosive, FAE | A device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges |
| improvised explosive device, I.E.D., IED | An explosive device that is improvised |
| mine | explosive device that explodes / explodes on contact |
| petard | An explosive device used to break down a gate or wall |
| seal bomb | A small explosive device (resembling a firecracker) that is used underwater in order to frighten mammals away from fishing / fishing grounds |
| shoe bomb | An explosive device concealed inside the heel and sole of a shoe |
| torpedo | A small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it |
| torpedo | An explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas) |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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| Spanish | artefacto explosivo, mecanismo explosivo |
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| Catalan | artefacte explosiu, mecanisme explosiu |
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