nonexplosive
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Airships—even when filled with nonexplosive helium—couldn’t compete with the speedier airplanes, which would become more economical to build and operate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Propster, who’d previously worked in SWAT, said he suggested starting off the scenario with a flashbang trainer, a nonexplosive device that resembles another common tool in the law enforcement arsenal: a flashbang, or stun grenade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
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
Something has been put in it to make it nonexplosive.
From Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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