Unexploded (Adjective)
Meaning
Still capable of exploding or being fired; "undischarged ammunition"; "an unexploded bomb".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The military unit was called in to dispose of the unexploded shell that had been discovered on the beach.
- The city's residents were evacuated while the bomb squad worked to defuse the unexploded bomb found in the old building.
- When the war ended, the countryside was littered with unexploded land mines that posed a threat to locals.
- The veteran had carried an unexploded grenade with him as a reminder of the brutality of war.
- Years after the battle, archaeologists began uncovering the unexploded mortar shells that still lined the trenches.