High-explosive Synonyms and Antonyms

A powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. low explosive

Words Related to High-explosive

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. armour-piercing
  2. 1000lb
  3. 2000lb
  4. depth-charge
  5. satellite-guided
  6. submunitions

High-explosive Sentence Examples

  • The Japanese hand grenades consisted of about 1 lb of high explosive in a tin case; the Russian cases were of all sorts, including old Chinese shell.

  • A revetted component store with corrugated asbestos cladding still stands in a wooded area to the west of the high explosive magazines.

  • Fierce fighting went on all evening with high explosive shells ripping into thick armor plating.

  • What it is not is a steel shard resulting from the explosion of a high explosive shell.

  • The ammunition park comprised of a series of revetted magazines for the storage of high explosive and incendiary bombs.