nonexplosive
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In 2019, deputies designing active shooter training in Marina del Rey accidentally started a fire while testing a flashbang trainer, a nonexplosive version of a flashbang, or stun grenade.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
The lighthouse is in the northeast corner of a “surface danger zone,” meaning it’s within the test range where the Navy can release nonexplosive ordnance such as practice bombs, inert missiles and rockets from aircraft.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023
A nonexplosive example comes from Germany, where parliamentary elections have complicated rules such that parties must surpass a minimum 5-percent threshold in order to receive seats in the legislature.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2019
The fusion of silicon into iron turns out to be the last step in the sequence of nonexplosive element production.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Something has been put in it to make it nonexplosive.
From Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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