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What (who) is explosive rivet - definition
NAVAL FOLKLORE
Gold rivet
Explosive
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 (cropped).jpg?width=200 "The Great Western Powder Company of Toledo, Ohio, a producer of explosives, seen in 1905")
REACTIVE SUBSTANCE THAT CONTAINS A GREAT AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL ENERGY THAT CAN PRODUCE AN EXPLOSION
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·adj Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
II. Explosive ·noun An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
III. Explosive ·noun A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, A 155-7, 184.].
explosive
REACTIVE SUBSTANCE THAT CONTAINS A GREAT AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL ENERGY THAT CAN PRODUCE AN EXPLOSION
Explosives; High explosive; High-explosive; Low explosive; High Explosive; High explosives; Low explosives; High Explosives; Explosive charge; Explosive materials; Primary explosives; Primary explosive; Explosive primary; List of explosives; Conventional explosive; Liquid bomb; Liquid bombs; Liquid explosive; Liquid explosives; Primary and secondary explosives; Secondary explosive; Tertiary explosive; HE-FS; Blasting agent; Energetically unstable; Military explosive; Priming composition; Detonating explosive; UNO Hazard Class and Division; Secondary explosives; Conventional explosives; Green explosives; Nitrotetrazole; Explosive material; Powder explosive; Chemical explosive
(explosives)
1.
An explosive is a substance or device that can cause an explosion.
...one-hundred-and-fifty pounds of Semtex explosive...
N-VAR
2.
Something that is explosive is capable of causing an explosion.
The explosive device was timed to go off at the rush hour...
ADJ
• explosively
Hydrogen is explosively flammable when mixed with oxygen.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV after v
3.
An explosive growth is a sudden, rapid increase in the size or quantity of something.
The explosive growth in casinos is one of the most conspicuous signs of Westernisation.
ADJ
• explosively
These transactions grew explosively in the early 1980s.
ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj
4.
An explosive situation is likely to have difficult, serious, or dangerous effects.
He appeared to be treating the potentially explosive situation with some sensitivity...
Nobody knows what explosive arguments the future of Europe will bring.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• explosively
A referendum next year would coincide explosively with the election campaign.
ADV: ADV after v
5.
If you describe someone as explosive, you mean that they tend to express sudden violent anger.
He's inherited his father's explosive temper.
= fiery
ADJ
• explosively
'Are you mad?' David asked explosively.
ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj
6.
A sudden loud noise can be described as explosive.
He made a loud, explosive noise of disgust.
...an explosive drumbeat.
ADJ
• explosively
The sound of her own chewing and swallowing were explosively loud.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV after v
high explosive
REACTIVE SUBSTANCE THAT CONTAINS A GREAT AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL ENERGY THAT CAN PRODUCE AN EXPLOSION
Explosives; High explosive; High-explosive; Low explosive; High Explosive; High explosives; Low explosives; High Explosives; Explosive charge; Explosive materials; Primary explosives; Primary explosive; Explosive primary; List of explosives; Conventional explosive; Liquid bomb; Liquid bombs; Liquid explosive; Liquid explosives; Primary and secondary explosives; Secondary explosive; Tertiary explosive; HE-FS; Blasting agent; Energetically unstable; Military explosive; Priming composition; Detonating explosive; UNO Hazard Class and Division; Secondary explosives; Conventional explosives; Green explosives; Nitrotetrazole; Explosive material; Powder explosive; Chemical explosive
(high explosives)
High explosive is an extremely powerful explosive substance.
N-VAR
Wikipedia
Golden rivet
A Golden Rivet refers to the claim in naval folklore that every ship is built containing a single, commemorative "golden rivet", an idea seemingly derived from the commemorative golden spike that was temporarily driven at the completion of the U.S. transcontinental railroad in 1869.
