bursting explosive

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   a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack

   Synonymsdisrupting explosive

   Broaderhigh explosive

Questions about bursting explosive

What does bursting explosive mean?

bursting explosive means "a high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack".

What is another word for bursting explosive?

Close synonyms include disrupting explosive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bursting explosive a common word?

bursting explosive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.