high-explosive
TNT-type ordnance material
High-explosive describes materials or munitions that detonate with extreme force and speed, as opposed to propellants that burn more slowly: high-explosive shells, high-explosive rounds.
The term distinguishes weapons designed to destroy through blast and fragmentation from those that merely project.
As a noun, a high explosive is such a substance: The bomb contained several pounds of high explosive.
Hard outer covering
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- grenadeHandheld thrown explosive
mortar · mine · missile · torpedo · rocket · ordnance · projectile · charge
Explosive ignition event
- velocityDirected rate of motion
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- pressureForce upon contact
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
composition · sensitivity · stability · initiation · compression · fragmentation · casing · filling
shell
Hard outer covering
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
grenade · mortar · mine · missile · torpedo · rocket · ordnance · projectile · charge · demolition
detonation
Explosive ignition event
shockwave · composition · sensitivity · stability · initiation · compression · fragmentation · casing · filling · propellant
combat
Armed hostile engagement
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- shellingSustained artillery attack
strike · attack · barrage · salvo · firepower · armament · arsenal · anti-tank · incendiary · penetrator
high-explosiveincendiary
Causing or designed for burning
chemical · thermobaric · smoke · illumination · tracer
high, higher, highest, highly, highness, explosive, explosion, explode, exploded