nonexploding

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ exploding.

Adjective

nonexploding (not comparable)

  1. That does not explode.
    • 2015 November 19, C. J. Chivers, “The Doomsday Scam”, in The New York Times Magazine‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 January 2026:
      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.’’
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