Definition of Propellant explosive

1. Noun. An explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges.

Exact synonyms: Impulse Explosive
Generic synonyms: Explosive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Propellant Explosive

propargylamine
propargylation
propargylglycine
propargylglycines
propargylic
propargyls
proparoxytone
proparoxytones
proparoxytonic
propedeuse
propedeutic
propel
propellane
propellanes
propellant
propellant explosive (current term)
propellants
propelled
propellent
propellents
propeller
propeller-head
propeller head
propeller heads
propeller plane
propeller shaft
propeller shafts
propellered
propellerhead
propellerheads

Literary usage of Propellant explosive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... a composition which is inflamed by the explosion of the diluted high explosive, the flame in turn igniting the actual propellant. Explosive Mixtures. ..."

2. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1991)
"Offered propellant explosive, solid, Class B, in unauthorized packaging, under the terms of an exemption which had expired. (173.93(a)]. Case No. ..."

3. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"ester is then granulated by means of precipitation by a non-solvent as water, and used as a propellant explosive. The International Smokeless Powder ..."

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