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secondary explosives

secondary explosives is the plural of secondary explosive.

Meaning of secondary explosive

Noun

secondary explosive (plural secondary explosives)

  1. A type of explosive less sensitive than a primary explosive and which requires substantially more energy to be initiated.

Questions about secondary explosives

What is secondary explosives the plural of?
Secondary explosives is the plural of secondary explosive.

Words near secondary explosives in the dictionary

  1. secondary emission
  2. secondary emissions
  3. secondary energies
  4. secondary energy
  5. secondary explosive
  6. secondary explosives
  7. secondary feather
  8. secondary feathers
  9. secondary fermentation
  10. secondary fermentations
  11. secondary fire

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