impulse explosive

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspropellant explosive

   Broaderexplosive

Questions about impulse explosive

What does impulse explosive mean?

impulse explosive means "an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges".

What is another word for impulse explosive?

Close synonyms include propellant 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 impulse explosive a common word?

impulse 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.