bursting charge


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Noun1.bursting charge - a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
burster, explosive charge, charge
explosive - a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
shot - an explosive charge used in blasting
undercharge - an insufficient charge
rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent - an explosive charge that propels a rocket
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In external appearance the shell was lead, the iron bottle being concealed, within half an ounce of the finest grained powder was inserted through the nipple by means of a small funnel; this formed the bursting charge" -from Wild Beasts and Their Ways.
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