explosive device

1. 1.

   device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy

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Questions about explosive device

What does explosive device mean?

explosive device means "device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy".

Is explosive device a common word?

explosive device 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.