(thing) by Frater 219 Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:19:46
A substance which, when ignited, burns very quickly and produces a lot of expanding hot gas. It does not undergo detonation, only combustion.

Examples: black powder, fuel-air explosives.

Antonym: high explosive.

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