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Meanings of explosives in English
Reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion.
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Examples for "explosive"
Examples for "explosive"
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State media say gunmen stormed the building and set off explosive devices.
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A military source said the explosive was set off by remote control.
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Wind power's previously explosive growth appears to have leveled off in Europe.
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The last problem was the most powerful, explosive bloc of the competition.
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Authorities also defused two explosive devices in Phuket on Wednesday, police said.
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A single molecule of the explosive material would set off the sensor.
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How had Blomkvist been able to persuade Björck to reveal such explosive material?
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We are trying to determine how to disarm the flammable or explosive material.
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There's enough explosive material in the bomb room to blow up ten hotels.
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He was particularly excited about her second story, and knew it was explosive material.
Usage of explosives in English
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American troops plus explosives plus the Great Mosque meant an international crisis.
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Police explosives experts early today blew up two cars in Central London.
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Police sources said officers were searching their home for weapons and explosives.
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A search at his home uncovered six kilogrammes of explosives, police said.
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Security sources say some of the explosives now come from nearby Iraq.
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The State Department Diplomatic Security Service has swept the hallways for explosives.
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A large cache of explosives were found at the house, he said.
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We have beaten them in big guns, in explosives, and in men.
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The vehicles were not built, however, to withstand 200-pounds worth of explosives.
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It is a process that belongs to the particular chemistry of explosives.
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Police spokeswoman Jane Kim said no explosives were found in the investigation.
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But the source said the car appeared to have been carrying explosives.
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She was wired with internal explosives and she brought the house down.
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The indictment said he received explosives training and joined al-Qaida in 1992.
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He said the man told police he had explosives in the van.
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In response to the threat of explosives and hazardous substances, the U.S.
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