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  • adjective Not exploded

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  • adjective still capable of exploding or being fired

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Examples

  • Even after a conflict ends, mines and explosive remnants of war such as unexploded bombs, shells and cluster-munition bomblets continue to kill and maim thousands upon thousands of people, many of them children.www. ourworld-yourmove.org

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Even after a conflict ends, mines and explosive remnants of war such as unexploded bombs, shells and cluster-munition bomblets continue to kill and maim thousands upon thousands of people, many of them children.www. ourworld-yourmove.org

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Soldiers are trained to dispose of munitions, such as unexploded shells, that are found on the battlefield.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • a conflict ends, mines and explosive remnants of war such as unexploded bombs, shells and cluster-munition bomblets continue to kill and maim thousands upon thousands of people, many of them children.www. ourworld-yourmove.org

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • a conflict ends, mines and explosive remnants of war such as unexploded bombs, shells and cluster-munition bomblets continue to kill and maim thousands upon thousands of people, many of them children.www. ourworld-yourmove.org

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • It was unclear if the bomb was freshly planted or if it was unexploded ordinance dating back to one of Afghanistan's past conflicts, said district police chief Gulab Shah.

    Afghanistan: Pakistan to target insurgents 2011

  • Justice went on to say that forces in Iraq had found at least 16 of the transmitters in unexploded improvised explosive devices IEDs between May 2008 and July 2010.

    Peter Van Buren: First(-ish) Clear Link Between Anti-US Iraq Violence and Iran Peter Van Buren 2011

  • At least 11 civilians were killed, three of them children, and there may be unexploded artillery fired by the insurgents in parts of the city, NATO-led foreign forces said.

    Kabul attack ends after 20 hours as last gunman killed Reuters 2011

  • To this day French farmers unearth unexploded ordinance or hit pockets of mustard agents buried in the ground and feel its effects.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Chemical Weapons in my Neighborhood 2010

  • However, after seeing the details of an Israeli army investigation that closely examined the relevant ballistics and blast patterns, he subsequently told the Jerusalem Post that he had been wrong and that the deaths were probably caused by an unexploded munition in the sand.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Yglesias Challenge on Human Rights Watch 2010

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