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explosive
(encz) | explosive,trhavina n: Zdeněk Brož |
explosive
(encz) | explosive,třaskavina n: Zdeněk Brož |
explosive
(encz) | explosive,výbušnina Hynek Hanke |
explosive
(encz) | explosive,výbušný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Explosive
(gcide) | 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] |
Explosive
(gcide) | Explosive \Ex*plo"sive\, n.
1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a
rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT,
dynamite, or nitro-glycerine.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath;
(Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are
sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.
Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, [root] 155-7, 184.]
[1913 Webster] |
explosive
(wn) | explosive
adj 1: serving to explode or characterized by explosion or
sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas";
"explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive
temper" [ant: nonexplosive]
2: liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive
issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager
for a confrontation" [syn: explosive, volatile]
3: sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh"
n 1: a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change
(with the production of gas) on being heated or struck |
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disrupting explosive
(encz) | disrupting explosive, n: |
explosive
(encz) | explosive,trhavina n: Zdeněk Brožexplosive,třaskavina n: Zdeněk Brožexplosive,výbušnina Hynek Hankeexplosive,výbušný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
explosive charge
(encz) | explosive charge, n: |
explosive compound
(encz) | explosive compound, n: |
explosive detection system
(encz) | explosive detection system, n: |
explosive device
(encz) | explosive device, n: |
explosive mixture
(encz) | explosive mixture, n: |
explosive trace detection
(encz) | explosive trace detection, n: |
explosive unit
(encz) | explosive unit, n: |
explosively
(encz) | explosively,explozivně adv: Zdeněk Brožexplosively,výbušně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
explosiveness
(encz) | explosiveness,výbušnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
explosives
(encz) | explosives,výbušniny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
fuel-air explosive
(encz) | fuel-air explosive, n: |
high explosive
(encz) | high explosive,trhavina n: Zdeněk Brož |
high-explosive
(encz) | high-explosive,tříštivo-trhavý adj: mermar |
impulse explosive
(encz) | impulse explosive, n: |
low explosive
(encz) | low explosive, n: |
nonexplosive
(encz) | nonexplosive,nevýbušný |
plastic explosive
(encz) | plastic explosive, n: |
propellant explosive
(encz) | propellant explosive, n: |
Explosively
(gcide) | Explosively \Ex*plo"sive*ly\, adv.
In an explosive manner.
[1913 Webster] |
Favier explosive
(gcide) | Favier explosive \Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive\prop. n.. [After the
inventor, P. A. Favier, a Frenchman.]
Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium
nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are
stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it
is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose
powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof
wrappers. It is used for mining.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Inexplosive
(gcide) | Inexplosive \In`ex*plo"sive\, a.
Not explosive.
[1913 Webster] |
nonexplosive
(gcide) | nonexplosive \nonexplosive\ adj.
Not explosive. [Narrower terms: {noncombustible (vs.
combustible), incombustible}] WordNet 1.5] |
bursting explosive
(wn) | bursting explosive
n 1: a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is
under attack [syn: disrupting explosive, {bursting
explosive}] |
disrupting explosive
(wn) | disrupting explosive
n 1: a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is
under attack [syn: disrupting explosive, {bursting
explosive}] |
explosive
(wn) | explosive
adj 1: serving to explode or characterized by explosion or
sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas";
"explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive
temper" [ant: nonexplosive]
2: liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive
issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager
for a confrontation" [syn: explosive, volatile]
3: sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh"
n 1: a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change
(with the production of gas) on being heated or struck |
explosive charge
(wn) | explosive charge
n 1: 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, explosive charge] |
explosive compound
(wn) | explosive compound
n 1: a compound that is explosive |
explosive detection system
(wn) | explosive detection system
n 1: a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in
passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers;
designed for use in airports [syn: {explosive detection
system}, EDS] |
explosive device
(wn) | explosive device
n 1: device that bursts with sudden violence from internal
energy |
explosive mixture
(wn) | explosive mixture
n 1: a mixture that is explosive |
explosive trace detection
(wn) | explosive trace detection
n 1: a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes
a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab
through a machine that can detect trace amounts of
explosives [syn: explosive trace detection, ETD] |
explosive unit
(wn) | explosive unit
n 1: any unit for measuring the force of explosions |
explosively
(wn) | explosively
adv 1: suddenly and rapidly; "the population in Central America
is growing explosively"
2: in an explosive manner; "the political situation in Kashmir
and Jammu is explosively unstable" |
fuel-air explosive
(wn) | fuel-air explosive
n 1: a device consisting of a container of fuel and two
explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel
container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in
a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second
charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast
wave and incinerates whatever is below [syn: {fuel-air
explosive}, FAE] |
high explosive
(wn) | high explosive
n 1: a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very
high rate [ant: low explosive] |
improvised explosive device
(wn) | improvised explosive device
n 1: an explosive device that is improvised [syn: {improvised
explosive device}, I.E.D., IED] |
impulse explosive
(wn) | impulse explosive
n 1: an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns
or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and
depth charges [syn: propellant explosive, {impulse
explosive}] |
low explosive
(wn) | low explosive
n 1: an explosive with a low rate of combustion [ant: {high
explosive}] |
nonexplosive
(wn) | nonexplosive
adj 1: not explosive; "nonexplosive gases"; "a nonexplosive
fuel" [ant: explosive] |
plastic explosive
(wn) | plastic explosive
n 1: an explosive material that is easily molded around the
object it is intended to destroy [syn: plastic explosive,
plastique] |
propellant explosive
(wn) | propellant explosive
n 1: an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns
or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and
depth charges [syn: propellant explosive, {impulse
explosive}] |
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