high explosive
noun
: an explosive (such as TNT) that generates gas with extreme rapidity and has a shattering effect
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Up to 50,000 high explosive mortar cartridges at $61.1 million.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120-millimeter tank ammunition and high explosive mortars and tactical vehicles.
—Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
The package includes up to 50 F-15 fighter jets, up to 30 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, tactical vehicles and large numbers of tank cartridges and high explosive mortar cartridges.
—CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
In the 1950s, the Soviets began planting caches of high explosives and arms across Western Europe, and reportedly in the United States, for this purpose.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
Congress was notified of the impending sale, which includes more than 50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, or AMRAAMs, 120-millimeter tank ammunition and high explosive mortars and tactical vehicles.
—Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
The package includes up to 50 F-15 fighter jets, up to 30 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles, tactical vehicles and large numbers of tank cartridges and high explosive mortar cartridges.
—CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
In the 1950s, the Soviets began planting caches of high explosives and arms across Western Europe, and reportedly in the United States, for this purpose.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2024
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“High explosive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20explosive. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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