explosive : Idioms & Phrases

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bursting explosive

  • noun a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack
    bursting explosive.
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disrupting explosive

  • noun a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack
    bursting explosive.
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explosive charge

  • noun a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
    charge; burster; bursting charge.
    • this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
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explosive compound

  • noun a compound that is explosive
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explosive detection system

  • noun a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
    EDS.
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explosive device

  • noun device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
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explosive mixture

  • noun a mixture that is explosive
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explosive trace detection

  • noun a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
    ETD.
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explosive unit

  • noun any unit for measuring the force of explosions
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fuel-air explosive

  • noun a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below
    FAE.
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high explosive

  • noun a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate
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improvised explosive device

  • noun an explosive device that is improvised
    I.E.D.; IED.
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impulse explosive

  • noun an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges
    impulse explosive.
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low explosive

  • noun an explosive with a low rate of combustion
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plastic explosive

  • noun an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy
    plastique.
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propellant explosive

  • noun an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges
    impulse explosive.
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