Usually means: Highly explosive with shattering effect.
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▸ adjective:  (of an explosion or explosive) Having a shattering effect.

Similar:
explosive, ablast, blasted, bone-crunching, blarsted, bunker-busting, blistering, smashing, thunderstriking, shocking, more...

Opposite:
non-explosive, stable, inert

Types:
Semtex, C4, Tovex, ANFO, TNT, more...

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Similar:
explosive, ablast, blasted, bone-crunching, blarsted, bunker-busting, blistering, smashing, thunderstriking, shocking, more...

Opposite:
non-explosive, stable, inert

Types:
Semtex, C4, Tovex, ANFO, TNT, more...



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