A 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 chemical explosive capable of producing an explosion even when unconfined.

Designed and constructed to withstand or minimize damage from an internal or external explosion.

plural of smoke explosion

(chemistry) Any of several highly unstable explosives that are the silicon analogues of existing carbon ones.

The explosion of a small explosive charge, either to destroy a suspect package or unexploded ordinance, or to gain access to a locked enclosure that may be booby-trapped.

Any of a number of explosive materials formulated to be soft and hand malleable.

plural of controlled explosion

plural of explosive decompression

plural of explosive belt

Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene, used in mining.