explosive projectile (noun)

  • 31List of Di-Gata Defenders Spells — This is a list of known stone casts used throughout the television series, Di Gata Defenders. Sorcery in RaDos mostly uses special dice like stones called Di Gata Stones as a casting medium, and draw upon the land (or water if the caster uses… …

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  • 32cannonball — 1. noun a) 1. A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon; a solid shot; a solid round shot; a ball. 2. An explosive filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on… …

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  • 33bomb — 1. noun 1) they saw bombs bursting on the runway Syn: explosive, incendiary (device); missile, projectile; dated blockbuster, bombshell 2) countries with the bomb Syn: nuclear weapons, nuclear bombs, atom bombs, A bombs 3) informal …

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  • 34shell — 1. noun 1) a crab shell Syn: carapace, exterior; armor; Zoology exoskeleton 2) peanut shells Syn: pod, husk, hull, casing, case, covering, integument, shuck 3) …

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  • 35bomb — 1. noun Syn: explosive, incendiary (device), missile, projectile 2. verb their headquarters were bombed Syn: blow up, blast, shell, blitz, strafe, pound, bombard, attack, assault, destroy, demolish …

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  • 36boresafe fuse — /ˌbɔseɪf ˈfjuz/ (say .bawsayf fyoohz) noun a type of fuse having an interrupter in the explosive train that prevents a projectile from exploding until after it has cleared the muzzle of a weapon …

  • 37fireball — /ˈfaɪəbɔl/ (say fuyuhbawl) noun 1. a ball filled with explosive or combustible material, used as a projectile, to injure the enemy by explosion or to set fire to their works. 2. a ball of fire, as the sun. 3. a luminous meteor, sometimes… …

  • 38propellant — /prəˈpɛlənt / (say pruh peluhnt) noun Also, propellent. 1. a propelling agent. 2. Military the charges of explosive used in a gun to fire the projectile. 3. Aeronautics one or more substances used in rocket motors for the chemical generation of… …

  • 39war nose — /ˈwɔ noʊz/ (say waw nohz) noun a device in the front end of a projectile, as a torpedo, for detonating the explosive charge …

  • 40shell — ► NOUN 1) the hard protective outer case of an animal such as a snail, shellfish, or turtle. 2) the outer covering of an egg, nut kernel, or seed. 3) an explosive artillery projectile or bomb. 4) a hollow metal or paper case used as a container… …

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