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High Explosive

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Noun

1. high explosive

a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate

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High Explosive

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noun
an extremely powerful chemical explosive, such as TNT or gelignite

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High Explosive

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any explosive in which the combustion of the particles is so rapid as to be virtually simultaneous throughout the mass, so that it has great shattering effect

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

High Explosive

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n.
An explosive, such as TNT, that combusts nearly instantaneously, thereby producing a violent, shattering effect.

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