nonexploding

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English

Etymology

From non- +‎ exploding.

Adjective

nonexploding (not comparable)

  1. That does not explode.
    • 2015 November 19, C. J. Chivers, “The Doomsday Scam”, in New York Times:
      The result, he said, ‘‘is a remarkable nonexploding high explosive’’ that, when detonated, becomes ‘‘extremely hot, which allows pressures and temperatures to be built up that are capable of igniting the heavy hydrogen and producing a pure-fusion mini neutron bomb.’’