Sprengsatz

Definitions of Sprengsatz
  1. noun
    device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
    synonyms: Brennkörper
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    types:
    Bombe
    an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
    Atombombe
    a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
    Zeitbombe, Zeitschaltung, Zeitzündung
    a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time
    type of:
    technische Vorrichtung
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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