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Explosive
Explosive Ex*plo"sive, a. [Cf. F. explosif.]
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing
explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Explosive
Explosive Ex*plo"sive, n.
1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a
rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath;
(Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are
sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.
Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, [root] 155-7, 184.]
Meaning of Explosive from wikipedia
- An
explosive (or
explosive material) is a
reactive substance that
contains a
great amount of
potential energy that can
produce an
explosion if released...
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variety of the
plastic explosive family known as
Composition C,
which uses RDX as its
explosive agent. C-4 is
composed of
explosives,
plastic binder, plasticizer...
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Plastic explosive is a soft and hand-moldable
solid form of
explosive material.
Within the
field of
explosives engineering,
plastic explosives are also...
- A
nuclear explosive is an
explosive device that
derives its
energy from
nuclear reactions.
Almost all
nuclear explosive devices that have been designed...
- High
explosive squash head (HESH) A high-
explosive squash head (HESH), in
British terminology, or a high-
explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American...
-
contact explosives have
varying amounts of
energy sensitivity, they are all much more
sensitive relative to
other kinds of
explosives.
Contact explosives are...
- High-
explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the
effect of a
shaped charge explosive that uses the
Munroe effect to
penetrate heavy armor. The
warhead functions...
- a
modern military context, is a
projectile whose payload contains an
explosive, incendiary, or
other chemical filling.
Originally it was
called a bombs****...
- An
explosive booster is a
sensitive explosive charge that acts as a
bridge between a (relatively weak)
conventional detonator and a low-sensitivity (but...
- An
improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb
constructed and deplo**** in ways
other than in
conventional military action. It may be
constructed of conventional...
