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Definition of Bursting explosive
1. Noun. A high explosive that is used to damage the target that is under attack.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bursting Explosive
Literary usage of Bursting explosive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1896)
"The probable chances of destructive effect from such a hail of bursting explosive
can readily be conceived. ..."
2. War and Labour by Michael Anitchkov (1900)
"A grenade or bomb kills at once, without bursting. Explosive bullets are different:
instead of causing a slight wound that removes a man from the ranks, ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1893)
"It was the report of a bursting explosive, which nearly shattered the drum of
the fair speaker's ear. She bounded forward. " You shocking boy ! ..."
4. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1898)
"Damn I' It was the report of a bursting explosive, which nearly shattered the
drum of the fair speaker's ear. She bounded forward. ' You shocking boy ! ..."
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