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- noun Plural form of
explosive .
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Examples
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The script is about a couple of low-lifes who dabble in explosives living in a small town who get the brilliant idea to have someone rob a bank for them by strapping a bomb around him and threatening to blow it up if he doesn't get the money.
Aziz Ansari Cast in Ruben Fleischer’s 30 Minutes or Less. Film Inspired by Real Events? | /Film 2010
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Frenchie is an expert in explosives and languages.
Barry Toll 2010
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MONTAGNE: If screeners are looking for explosives, is there a simple sort of technology that could be out there ...
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Approximately one-third of the JTF-GTMO detainees that were captured with these models of watches have known connections to explosives, either having attended explosives training, having association with a facility where IEDs were made or where explosives training was given, or having association with a person identified as an explosives expert.
Guantánamo Bay files: Casio wristwatch 'the sign of al-Qaida' 2011
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MONTAGNE: If screeners are looking for explosives, is there a simple sort of technology that could be out there ...
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The process includes separating the high explosives from the nuclear material.
Story of B-53 'bunker buster' is a lesson in managing nuclear weapons Walter Pincus 2010
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One of the properties of most effective explosives is that they contain their own oxidizer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square? 2010
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BOSTON (AP) A robot that can help detect and disarm explosives is now in service at Logan International Airport.
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One of the properties of most effective explosives is that they contain their own oxidizer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square? 2010
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Trouble with explosives is that they tend to just spread the crap around.
chained_bear commented on the word explosives
Historical/usage note on poison gas.
October 6, 2017