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Bombproof :: Bombproof (a.) Secure against the explosive force of bombs.

Displosive :: Displosive (a.) Explosive.

Explosively :: Explosively (adv.) In an explosive manner.

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery..

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..

Dissilient :: Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp..

Explodent :: Explodent (n.) See Explosive, n., 2..

Nitrogelatin :: Nitrogelatin (n.) An explosive consisting of gun cotton and camphor dissolved in nitroglycerin.

Nitroform :: Nitroform (n.) A nitro derivative of methane, analogous to chloroform, obtained as a colorless oily or crystalline substance, CH.(NO2)3, quite explosive, and having well-defined acid properties..

Vigorite :: Vigorite (n.) An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting.

Explosive :: Explosive (n.) 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.].

Maroon :: Maroon (n.) An explosive shell. See Marron, 3..

Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..

Blasted :: Blasted (a.) Rent open by an explosive.

Pop :: Pop (n.) A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop..

Fougasse :: Fougasse (n.) A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy..

Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..

Explodent :: Explodent (n.) An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship..

Dualin :: Dualin (n.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion..

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