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PROPELLANT EXPLOSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propellant explosive mean? 

PROPELLANT EXPLOSIVE (noun)
  The noun PROPELLANT EXPLOSIVE has 1 sense:

1. an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth chargesplay

  Familiarity information: PROPELLANT EXPLOSIVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROPELLANT EXPLOSIVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

impulse explosive; propellant explosive

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

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


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