Explosive
Mortar
Mortar noun - A bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle.
Explosive and mortar are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explosive" instead a noun "Mortar".
Nearby Words: mortared, mortarboard, mortaring
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Said mortar shells have almost twice as much explosive power as a frag grenade, and most of the throws landed at the feet of single soldiers.
Source: Film / Saving Private Ryan - Blueprints were drawn up in all seriousness for atomic-powered aircraft, artillery and mortar shells with nuclear payloads and even land mines with explosive yields in the kiloton range.
Source: Useful Notes / The Fifties -
The WWII British anti-tank weapon called the PIAT may resemble a rocket launcher, but is actually a spigot mortar that uses a small confined explosive charge in the base of the projectile to propel it from the weapon.
Source: Missing Backblast
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