explosive compound

Other forms: explosive compounds

Definitions of explosive compound
  1. noun
    a compound that is explosive
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    cordite
    explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
    dynamite
    an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
    plastic explosive, plastique
    an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy
    TNT, trinitrotoluene
    explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
    gelignite, gelly
    a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
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    explosive
    a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
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