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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.