Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 10 compound words that contain explosive. The most common are listed below. Open explosive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- improvised explosive deviceAn unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerrillas, commandos or terrorists.
- Explosive device
- explosive beltA belt packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by a suicide bomber.
- plastic explosiveAny of a number of explosive materials formulated to be soft and hand malleable.
- explosive cyclogenesisA decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
- high explosiveA chemical explosive capable of detonation rather than solely of deflagration; a chemical explosive capable of reacting at a sufficiently-fast rate to produce a shock wave which propagates the reaction throughout the explosive mass; a …
- improvised explosive devicesplural of improvised explosive device: An unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerrillas, commandos or terrorists.
- contact explosiveA chemical substance that explodes violently when it is exposed to a relatively small amount of energy.
- explosive beltsplural of explosive belt: A belt packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by a suicide bomber.
- explosive lensA highly specialized type of shaped charge, used mainly in nuclear weapons, composed of several explosive charges arranged so as to control the shape of the detonation wave passing through them.
- low explosiveAn explosive compound whose rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.
- primary explosiveA type of explosive that is extremely sensitive to stimuli such as impact, friction, heat, static electricity, or electromagnetic radiation.
- secondary explosiveA type of explosive less sensitive than a primary explosive and which requires substantially more energy to be initiated.
- tertiary explosiveA type of explosive that is highly insensitive to shock and that cannot be reliably detonated by practical quantities of primary explosive.
- explosive sadismOne of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder, including features of borderline personality disorder.
- explosive decompressionA situation where the ambient air pressure suddenly drops faster than the air in the lungs can escape, creating a risk of barotrauma to the lung tissue.
- Sprengel explosiveAny of a class of explosives that are stoichiometric mixtures of strong oxidizers and reactive fuels, mixed just prior to use.
- intermittent explosive disorderA genetic behavioral disorder characterized by extreme anger, sometimes uncontrollable, that is disproportionate to the situation at hand.
- explosive lensesplural of explosive lens: A highly specialized type of shaped charge, used mainly in nuclear weapons, composed of several explosive charges arranged so as to control the shape of the detonation wave passing through them.
- explosive gelatinA powerful explosive made by gently heating nitroglycerin in a water-bath, then dissolving guncotton in it.
- sila-explosiveAny of several highly unstable explosives that are the silicon analogues of existing carbon ones.
- explosive gelatineAlternative form of explosive gelatin: A powerful explosive made by gently heating nitroglycerin in a water-bath, then dissolving guncotton in it.
- Favier explosiveAny of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene, used in mining.
- explosive cyclogenesesplural of explosive cyclogenesis: A decline in the barometric pressure of twenty-four millibars over a twenty-four hour period at or north of sixty-degrees latitude.
- explosive decompressionsplural of explosive decompression: A situation where the ambient air pressure suddenly drops faster than the air in the lungs can escape, creating a risk of barotrauma to the lung tissue.
Compound words 10
- autoexplosiveTending to explode spontaneously.
- cryptoexplosiveRelating to, or formed by a cryptoexplosion
- electroexplosiveInvolving the use of electricity to trigger an explosion.
- inexplosiveNot explosive.
- superexplosivelyIn a superexplosive manner.
- explosivenessThe state of being explosive.
- nonexplosiveNot explosive; unable to explode.
- microexplosiveOf or pertaining to microexplosions.
- explosivenessesplural of explosiveness: The state of being explosive.
- superexplosiveVery highly explosive.