charge
86
7.2
- noun
- /tʃɑrdʒ/
- Specialized
- The demolition crew set the charges carefully to ensure maximum impact.
- an explosive charge
- the charge exploded
- placing a charge
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- As weapons on board they might have Lewis guns or bombs, depth charges, and the crew would carry rifles sometimes to snipe mines that were spotted.
Examples
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It's a classic binary weapon: two halves of an explosive charge separated by a membrane.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sarah has just finished wiring all the charges to the central detonator.
Fiction book (1991) -
Stand by depth charges... and fire, fire, fire!
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Let's get the charges and bring the whole thing down.
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Places a black powder charge at the mouth of the cave.
Fiction book (1992) -
Each arrow has a small charge of black powder attached to it.
Fiction book (1992) -
First, he stuck sections of the detcord into all of the charges the younger man had placed.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Did you plant the charges to blow both bunkers?" Skip kept going.
Fiction book (2001) -
During a training exercise, he tried to determine why an explosive charge failed to explode.
Academic text (1993) -
The timing, the way the charges had been placed to maximize the damage and casualties, was critical.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
98
7.2
A single bullet or shell used in a gun
7
4.2
An amount of material placed to blow up at one time
6
8.1
A bomb that explodes underwater at a set depth to destroy submarines
3
4.1
A single bullet and its case ready to be fired from a gun
1
6.1
An amount of dynamite set to explode and break rock or buildings
1
8.9
An explosive inside a bomb or shell that breaks it open
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
14
3.9
A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative
8
3.9
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
- Specialized
4
3.9
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Specialized
4
4.1
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
- Specialized
2
6.2
A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move
- Formal
2
9.0
A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away
- Archaic
1
8.4
A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods
1
3.3
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
1
3.9
Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready
- Specialized
1
3.7
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
- Specialized
1
5.1
The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same
1
9.9
A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'
- Specialized
1
6.7
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Specialized
1
7.5
A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time
- Jargon
1
9.2
A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors
1
3.5
An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs
A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime
- Specialized
A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
How Powerful
- Specialized
131
6.8
∞
1.8
- Specialized
123
8.4
- Specialized
86
7.2
- Specialized
13
7.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Charge as a noun for explosives comes from the same 'load' idea; it is a set 'load' of explosive material. A charge is therefore the amount of explosive put into a shell or used for demolition.