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HIGH EXPLOSIVE

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• HIGH EXPLOSIVE (noun)
The noun HIGH EXPLOSIVE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: HIGH EXPLOSIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• HIGH EXPLOSIVE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("high explosive" is a kind of...):

explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)

W.M.D.; weapon of mass destruction; WMD (a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high explosive"):

bursting explosive; disrupting explosive (a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack)

Antonym:

low explosive (an explosive with a low rate of combustion)

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Useful links:
Pronunciation of disrupting explosive
Meaning of low explosive
Meaning of WMD
Meaning of bursting explosive
Pronunciation of weapon of mass destruction

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