unexploded
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪkˈspləʊdɪd/
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- The challenge simulates a combat zone or post-war scenario in which there is unexploded ordnance.
- an unexploded bomb
- unexploded munitions
- unexploded mines
The third part of this dynamic is the living with the unexploded bomb part of it, the waiting for things to explode part of it.
- The third part of this dynamic is the living with the unexploded bomb part of it, the waiting for things to explode part of it.
Examples
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After World War II, the US government dumped millions of kilograms of unexploded bombs into the Gulf of Mexico.
Blog text (5) -
Excavations at the old airport site produced two unexploded 250-pound WWII bombs.
Academic text (2004) -
Looks like the lieutenant here is standing on an unexploded mine.
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And in these same locations, around battle sites, unexploded ordnance still sits just under the ground.
Fiction book (1995) -
A recovered unexploded torpedo carried an explosive charge of 1,000 pounds.
Academic text (1991) -
New funding will mean fewer unexploded bombs in Savannakhet province this year.
Blog text (8) -
Three unexploded bombs were pulled out of the Murrah building after the truck bomb blew up.
Blog text (17) -
But archaeologists still find bombs, some unexploded, when digging or conducting restoration work.
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Now, the battlefield around Verdun is still littered with unexploded shells, shrapnel pieces and bullet fragments.
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The construction crew discovered an unexploded bomb while digging near the old railway line.
Synonyms
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A bullet or cartridge that has not been shot
A bullet or shell that has not been fired and can still explode
Surface Forms
Morphology
unexploded = exploded (transparent) = un + explode + ed
Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'exploded', so the meaning 'not exploded' is directly inferable.
Etymology
The word unexploded is made from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb explode meaning 'to burst or blow up', so an unexploded bomb is one that did not go off and is still dangerous.