"secondary explosive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: secondary explosives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} secondary explosive (plural secondary explosives)
  1. A type of explosive less sensitive than a primary explosive and which requires substantially more energy to be initiated. Related terms: primary explosive, tertiary explosive
    Sense id: en-secondary_explosive-en-noun-NlaTCFiq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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