An engine or machine for destroying ships by
blowing them up.
A kind of shell or cartridge
buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on
it.
A kind of detonating cartridge
or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or
dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of
oil.
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball,
or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
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