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  2. Dry ice bomb - Wikipedia

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    In Utah, simple possession of a dry ice bomb or similar pressurized chemical reaction bomb is a second-degree felony. [16] In Colorado, the creation of a dry ice bomb is considered illegal due to interpretation as "possession of an explosive device" [citation needed] Leaving an unexploded dry ice bomb can be construed as public endangerment.

  3. Rocket jumping - Wikipedia

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    While it is usually fatal when attempted, equipping armour can allow players to survive the blast damage, enabling it to be used as a form of transportation. It can also be attempted with creepers, in-game entities that explode upon close contact. In Overwatch (2016), multiple characters have explosive projectiles that can be used to rocket jump.

  4. Insensitive munition - Wikipedia

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    Insensitive munitions (IM) will only burn (rather than explode) when subjected to fast or slow heating, bullets, shrapnel, shaped charges or the detonation of another nearby munition. The term refers to warheads , bombs , and rocket motors , although different countries' armed forces may have their own definitions.

  5. Explosive cyclogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Explosive cyclogenesis (also referred to as a weather bomb, [1] [2] [3] meteorological bomb, [4] explosive development, [1] bomb cyclone, [5] [6] or bombogenesis [7] [8] [9]) is the rapid deepening of an extratropical cyclonic low-pressure area. The change in pressure needed to classify something as explosive cyclogenesis is latitude dependent ...

  6. Bomb - Wikipedia

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    The term bomb is not usually applied to explosive devices used for civilian purposes such as construction or mining, although the people using the devices may sometimes refer to them as a "bomb". The military use of the term "bomb", or more specifically aerial bomb action, typically refers to airdropped, unpowered explosive weapons most ...

  7. Mercury (II) fulminate - Wikipedia

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    Mercury(II) fulminate, or Hg(CNO) 2, is a primary explosive. It is highly sensitive to friction , heat and shock and is mainly used as a trigger for other explosives in percussion caps and detonators .

  8. Rocket-propelled grenade - Wikipedia

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    Each armored-vehicle hunter-killer team can have as many as 15 RPGs. [28] In areas where vehicles were confined to a single path (a mountain road, swamps, snow, urban areas), RPG teams trapped convoys by destroying the first and last vehicles in line, preventing movement of the other vehicles. This tactic was especially effective in cities.

  9. RDX - Wikipedia

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    RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive" or Royal Demolition eXplosive) or hexogen, [4] among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH 2 N 2 O 2) 3. It is white, odorless, and tasteless, widely used as an explosive. [5] Chemically, it is classified as a nitroamine alongside HMX, which is a more energetic explosive ...