nonexplosive

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Recent Examples of nonexplosive In 2019, deputies designing active shooter training in Marina del Rey accidentally started a fire while testing a flashbang trainer, a nonexplosive version of a flashbang, or stun grenade. Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024 Reykjanes Peninsula was forecast well in advance, fully expected to be nonexplosive and nonthreatening, and seemed likely to be confined to uninhabited valleys. Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021 The highest level of tejo in Colombia is the National Federation of Tejo, and there's a now a separate federation responsible for bringing tejo -- albeit a miniature, nonexplosive version -- into schools, as well as a move to involve seniors. Lucy Sherriff, CNN, 8 Sep. 2021 So imagine the excitement on April 7, when more than 200 physicists from seven countries convened on a Zoom call for a kind of nonexplosive gender-reveal party. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 18 May 2021 All very innocent — moving lawn furniture a block down the street, soaping windows, leaving stink bombs on porches (homemade, nonchemical, nonexplosive types) and moving outhouses. John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 Moody Air Force Base in central Georgia said in a news release that there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the 25-pound, nonexplosive training munitions were dropped Monday afternoon by an A-10C Thunderbolt II jet. USA TODAY, 3 July 2019 The jet took off from Moody Air Force Base, in Central Georgia, but the 25-pound, nonexplosive bombs were dropped over northern Florida near Suwannee Springs, the release said. Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 2 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonexplosive
Adjective
  • Residents should clear dead or dying vegetation around their homes, landscape with fire-resistant plants and nonflammable ground cover, and find alternative ways to dispose of landscape debris, according to Cal Fire’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit.
    Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
  • That’s where nonflammable alternatives become essential.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • Fire-proofing strategies include using noncombustible materials in decks and fences, moving plants away from houses and limiting the use of certain beloved plants — like rosemary or junipers — because they are known to be flammable.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
  • Trees would also be allowed, but would need to be trimmed away from walls and roofs, and residents could install only noncombustible fencing against the house.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.
    Chicago Tribune staff, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • The Chicago Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2021
Adjective
  • The Iroquois Theatre fire resulted in reforms such as fireproof scenery and stage curtains, illuminated exits and doors that open outward.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Ultimately, the Studies Building came to be composed in the International Style out of concrete, stone, wood and transite, a fireproof composite material.
    News Desk, Artforum, 7 July 2026

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“Nonexplosive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexplosive. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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