WordNet
explosive compound
n. a compound that is explosive
Usage examples of "explosive compound".
Until about a hundred and fifty years ago PETN was a standard explosive compound used in military munitions.
That's a sophisticated explosive compound that multiplies the force of the blast several-fold.
The reaction had stopped there, as if the powder in an explosive compound had been badly mixed.
With nitric acid, Inula affords no explosive compound as starch does.