high-explosive


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high-explosive

[ˈhaɪɪksˈpləʊsɪv] ADJ high-explosive shell → obús m de alto explosivo
see also high D
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scale of Birmingham's WWI munitions was less than "The amount of raw materials so extracted in Birmingham alone during the course of the war was well over 9,000 tons of TNT, lyddite etc, sufficient to fill between 25 and 30 million 18-pounder high-explosive shells." Those that created the "terribly explosive" TNT would later be described by journalists as "clever men" and the scale of Birmingham's WWI munitions activities as nothing less than "colossal".
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"A force from the 7th Brigade conducted a search operation in the Heet area and found an underground bomb workshop near Heet General Hospital, which contained various types of landmines and 20-liter cans full of high-explosive C4, as well as bags," a Defense Ministry statement said.
A workshop found that contained landmines and highly explosive materials west of Anbar

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