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.

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.

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.

(physics) the effect of a molecule moving at high speed striking a solid; binding electrons being torn off, and the resulting charged constituents separating due to Coulomb repulsion

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

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

plural of Cambrian explosion.

plural of Cambrian explosion.