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  • 11Detonating gas — Detonating Det o*na ting, a. & n. from {Detonate}. [1913 Webster] {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid… …

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  • 12Detonating powder — Detonating Det o*na ting, a. & n. from {Detonate}. [1913 Webster] {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid… …

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  • 13Detonating primer — Detonating Det o*na ting, a. & n. from {Detonate}. [1913 Webster] {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid… …

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  • 14Detonating tube — Detonating Det o*na ting, a. & n. from {Detonate}. [1913 Webster] {Detonating gas}, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. {Detonating powder}, any powder or solid… …

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  • 15Józef Łukaszewicz — ( ru. Иосиф Демьянович Лукашевич; 1863 1928) was a Polish physicist, geologist and mineralogist, as well as a 19th century revolutionary. During his life he took part in a failed attempt to assassinate tsar Alexander III of Russia,pl icon cite… …

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  • 161919 United States anarchist bombings — April Mail bomb attacksIn late April 1919, approximately 30 booby trap bombs were mailed to a wide cross section of prominent politicians (including the Attorney General of the United States), justice officials, and financiers, including John D.… …

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  • 17Orsini bomb — An Orsini bomb is a spherical bomb which instead of a fuse or timing device, is surrounded by many small horns filled with mercury fulminate. On impact at any angle, these would ignite or detonate the main charge. The bomb was invented by the… …

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  • 18mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 19cap — Synonyms and related words: Balmoral, Dutch cap, Panama, Panama hat, Salvation Army bonnet, Stetson, acme, apex, apogee, ascender, astrakhan, back, balaclava helmet, baseball cap, bastard type, beany, beard, bearskin, beaver, befog, belly, beret …

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  • 20explode — Synonyms and related words: backfire, bang, bark, be angry, be excitable, belie, bellow, blast, blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow out, blow sky high, blow up, break out, burst, burst forth, bust, catch fire, catch the infection, coal, come apart,… …

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