Any of a class of explosives that are stoichiometric mixtures of strong oxidizers and reactive fuels, mixed just prior to use.

plural of high explosive

(aviation, medicine) 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.

A powerful explosive made by gently heating nitroglycerin in a water-bath, then dissolving guncotton in it.

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of borderline personality disorder.

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.

plural of explosive lens

An explosive compound whose rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.

plural of bacon explosion

plural of low explosive