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burster, bursting charge, 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
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explosive mixture
a mixture that is explosive
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impulse explosive, propellant explosive
an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges
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load, payload, warhead
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
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HN, azoimide, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide
a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling
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high explosive
a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate
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low explosive
an explosive with a low rate of combustion
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gunpowder, powder
a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
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Ballistite, smokeless powder
an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant
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nitramine, tetryl
a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
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atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead
the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
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blasting gelatin
mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin
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cordite
explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
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bursting explosive, disrupting explosive
a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack
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dynamite
an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
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firework, pyrotechnic
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
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plastic explosive, plastique
an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy
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shot
an explosive charge used in blasting
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TNT, trinitrotoluene
explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
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undercharge
an insufficient charge
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rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent
an explosive charge that propels a rocket
