detonating explosive
1Explosive material — A number of 1.25lb M112 Demolition Charges, consisting of a C 4 compound, sit atop degraded weaponry scheduled for destruction An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential… …
2explosive — [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,… …
3explosive device — detonating device in an explosive …
4explosive — explosively, adv. explosiveness, n. /ik sploh siv/, adj. 1. tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. 3. likely to lead to… …
5Detonating cord — Reinforced detonation cord filled with Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) …
6explosive train — noun : a series of explosive elements of a land mine, bomb, or projectile that serve to set off the detonating charge * * * explosive train, a series of explosives arranged so that one charge of explosive sets fire to the next one until the main… …
7explosive — 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,… …
8detonating device — noun a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive • Syn: ↑detonator, ↑cap • Derivationally related forms: ↑detonate (for: ↑detonator) • …
9explosive device — noun device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy • Hypernyms: ↑device • Hyponyms: ↑bomb, ↑detonator, ↑detonating device, ↑cap, ↑fuel air explosive, ↑FAE, ↑ …
10explosive — 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,… …
