high explosive

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high explosive

an extremely powerful chemical explosive, such as TNT or gelignite

high explosive [′hī ik′splō·siv]

(materials)

An explosive with a nitroglycerin base requiring a detonator; the explosion is violent and practically instantaneous.

high explosive

A material that detonates almost instantaneously.

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No references found			Repeated experiments with it determined me that in searching for a high explosive, Perry had stumbled upon a fire-extinguisher that would have made his fortune for him back in our own world. Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Those who were non-experts in high explosives expected that every pane of glass in New York would be shattered. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context Any further cylinders that fell, it was hoped, could be destroyed at once by high explosives, which were being rap- idly manufactured and distributed. The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context			high bit High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line high blood pressure high boiler high boost high brass high chair High Church High Cliff State Park high clouds high color high colour High Commission Court High Commission, Court high commissioner high contrast high core High Court High Court of Admiralty high def high definition high density high end high enema high etch high explosive High Explosives High Falls State Park high fidelity high foehn high fog high frequency High German high gloss High Gothic high hat high heat high index high jump high key high level High magnetic fields High Mass high memory high memory area high moby High Mountain Relief High Noon High Performance Computing and Communications High Performance File System High Performance Fortran			High Energy Weapon High Energy X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Observatory for Nuclear Emissions High Energy X-Ray Experiment High Energy X-Ray Imaging High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment High Energy-General Purpose High Engine Oil Consumption High Enrichment-High Burnup High Entertainment Value High Enthalpy Wind Tunnel, Goettingen High Entrance/Exit Turnstile High Entry-Exit Turnstile High Entry-Exit Turnstile High Entry-Exit Turnstiles High Entry-Exit Turnstiles High Environmental Quality High Error Rate High Eruric Acid Rapeseed High Essential Fatty Acid High esteem High esteem High esteem High esteem high etch high ethylene-vinyl acetate High Event Product Tour High Exit Turnstile High Exit-Only Turnstile High Exit-Only Turnstile High Expectations Asian Father high explosive High Explosive - Fragmentation High Explosive - Improved Conventional Munition High Explosive - Variable Time High Explosive Air Bursting High Explosive Anti-Armor High Explosive Anti-Tank Multi-Purpose High Explosive Anti-Tank/Tracer High Explosive Antitank, Target Practice, Tracer high explosive cargo High Explosive Follow-Through High Explosive Incendiary Semi-Armour Piercing High Explosive Incendiary Tracer High Explosive Incendiary Tracer - Self Destruct High Explosive Incendiary-Target Practice - Tracer High Explosive Incendiary/ High Explosive Obstacle Reduction with Tracer High Explosive Penetrating Incendiary High Explosive Point Detonate High Explosive Research High Explosive Rocket-Assisted Projectile High Explosive Transit Time High Explosive, Lethal & Dangerous High Explosive-Obstacle Reduction High Explosive-Tracer-Multi Purpose

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