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Exploder :: Exploder (n.) One who or that which explodes.

Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) A small packet of explosive material with wire appendages allowing it to be conveniently attached to a railroad track. It will explode with a loud report when run over by a train, and is used to provide a warning signal to the engineer..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it..

Fire :: Fire (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc..

Detonate :: Detonate (v. i.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur..

Detonize :: Detonize (v. t. & i.) To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate..

Petard :: Petard (n.) A case containing powder to be exploded, esp. a conical or cylindrical case of metal filled with powder and attached to a plank, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded..

Explode :: Explode (v. i.) To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine..

Explode :: Explode (v. t.) To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire..

Fulminate :: Fulminate (v. t.) To cause to explode.

Detonate :: Detonate (v. t.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil..

Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..

Exploded :: Exploded (imp. & p. p.) of Explod.

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object..

Explode :: Explode (v. i.) To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded..

Lock :: Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..

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