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explosive bolt [ik′splō·siv ′bōlt]

(aerospace engineering)

A bolt designed to contain a remote-initiated explosive charge which, upon detonation, will shear the bolt or cause it to fail otherwise; applicable to such uses as stage separation of rockets, jettison of expended fuel tanks, and ejection of parachutes.

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