EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound that is explosive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

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

cordite (explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords)

dynamite (an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp)

plastic explosive; plastique (an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy)

TNT; trinitrotoluene (explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene)

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