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EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("explosive device" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Meronyms (parts of "explosive device"):
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 device"):
bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)
cap; detonating device; detonator (a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive)
FAE; fuel-air explosive (a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below)
I.E.D.; IED; improvised explosive device (an explosive device that is improvised)
mine (explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel)
petard (an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall)
seal bomb (a small explosive device (resembling a firecracker) that is used underwater in order to frighten mammals away from fishing grounds)
shoe bomb (an explosive device concealed inside the heel and sole of a shoe)
torpedo (a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead)
torpedo (an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas))
