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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 Explosives from wikipedia
- of sound) are said to be "high
explosives" and
materials that
deflagrate are said to be "low
explosives".
Explosives may also be
categorized by their...
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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...
- respectively, were also used at the
bombings of
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki List of ****anese
World War II
explosives Explosive material Little Boy Fat Man...
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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...
- and
Certification Listed in
Alphabetical Order:
Explosives Academy International Society of
Explosives Engineers (ISEE)
Missouri University of Science...
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military or
commercially sourced explosives, and
often combine both types, or they may
otherwise be made with
homemade explosives (HME).[citation needed] An...
- An
explosive belt (also
called suicide belt or a
suicide vest) is an
improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest
packed with
explosives and
armed with...
- that
would use
nuclear explosives to
provide impulse to a spacecraft. A
similar application is the
proposal to use
nuclear explosives for
asteroid deflection...
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conventional explosives consist of a fuel–oxidizer
premix such as
black powder (25% fuel and 75% oxidizer), or are a decomposition-type
explosive such as RDX...
- at
nearby London Zoo. In 1875, he
framed The
Explosives Act, the
first modern legislation for
explosives control. He also
pioneered many bomb disposal...
