- bursting explosive
- nouna high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack• Syn: ↑disrupting explosive• Hypernyms: ↑high explosive
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bursting explosive
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Explosive — Ex*plo sive, a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
explosive — [adj] volatile, dangerous at the boiling point*, bursting, charged, consequential, convulsive, detonating, detonative, ebullient, eruptive, fiery, forceful, frenzied, fulminant, fulminating, hazardous, impetuous, meteoric, overwrought, perilous,… … New thesaurus
explosive decompression — explosive decompression, the decompression of an area that has been under increased air pressure, causing the air to be released suddenly and with great force: »An explosive decompression…comparable with the bursting of a toy balloon (New York… … Useful english dictionary
bursting — Synonyms and related words: SRO, abundant, agog, alive with, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, banging, blasting, bloated, blooming, bountiful, brimful, brimming, bristling, bulging, bursting out, capacity, carried away, chock full, choked,… … Moby Thesaurus
explosive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See violence, danger. n. dynamite, TNT, nitroglycerin. See violence, arms. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Eruptive] Syn. bursting, detonating, dangerous, convulsive, fulminating, atomic, fulminant,… … English dictionary for students
bursting charge — noun a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains • Syn: ↑charge, ↑burster, ↑explosive charge • Derivationally related forms: ↑burst (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
explosive — Synonyms and related words: Ballistite, TNT, agitable, alarming, allophone, alveolar, anxious, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, bad, banging, bilabial, blasting, bursting, cacuminal, cellulose nitrate,… … Moby Thesaurus
explosive charge — noun a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains • Syn: ↑charge, ↑burster, ↑bursting charge • Derivationally related forms: ↑burst (for: ↑bu … Useful english dictionary
high explosive — noun a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate (Freq. 2) • Ant: ↑low explosive • Hypernyms: ↑explosive, ↑weapon of mass destruction, ↑WMD, ↑W.M.D. • … Useful english dictionary
disrupting explosive — noun a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack • Syn: ↑bursting explosive • Hypernyms: ↑high explosive … Useful english dictionary
