Explosive: alternatives and connections

Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy.

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Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy.

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Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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One that bursts.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blast…

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A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

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Butyl; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.

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Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical ch…

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Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

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