"Explosive" is a word in ENGLISH
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. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã
155-7, 184.]
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of
a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing
explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Of the things that followed I cannot at all say whether they were what men call real or what men call dream. And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream. But things that many see may have no taste or moment in them at all, and things that are shown only to one may be spears and water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth.
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The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, …
Read the complete definitionTo rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
Read the complete definitionThe act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; …
Read the complete definitionA gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
Read the complete definitionA weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the …
Read the complete definitionA black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in …
Read the complete definitionAn explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
Read the complete definitionA puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a …
Read the complete definitionAn explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
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