High explosive is an extremely powerful explosive substance.
high explosive in British English
noun
an extremely powerful chemical explosive, such as TNT or gelignite
high explosive in American English
any explosive in which the combustion of the particles is so rapid as to be virtually simultaneous throughout the mass, so that it has great shattering effect
Examples of 'high explosive' in a sentence
high explosive
Mixed into the ear-splitting crack of high explosive they now heard the softer `phut" of gas shells.
NULL DARE CALL IT TREASON (1994)
I really mean it, though, we're sitting on a pile of high explosive.
Kippax, Frank THE SCAR (1994)
Perhaps she had thought that it was high explosive that he meant to put down on the road.
Hilton, John Buxton PASSION IN THE PEAK (1994)
Whoever buried a good forty-five kilograms of high explosive under the skeleton made two major mistakes.