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Pipe bomb
An improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.
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An improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.
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| pipebombnoun | Alternative form of pipe bomb. [An improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder or other explosive material encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.] |
| blast pipenoun | Alternative form of blastpipe. [(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.] |
| blastpipenoun | (mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney. |
| devicenoun | Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. |
| boompipenoun | Alternative spelling of boom pipe. [(music, Caribbean) A musical instrument made from a piece of pipe blown in at one end to provide the bass in the folk music traditions of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat.] |
| bubble pipenoun | A toy in the shape of a tobacco pipe, used to blow bubbles. |
| pipenoun | Meanings relating to a wind instrument. |
| blowpipenoun | (chemistry) A narrow tube through which a jet of air is directed onto a flame; used in the analysis of minerals etc and in jewelry manufacture. |
| pistolnoun | (loosely) A handgun |
| petrol bombnoun | (UK, Ireland) A Molotov cocktail. |
| sticky bombnoun | (military, historical) A British hand grenade of World War II, consisting of a glass sphere containing a nitroglycerine-based explosive, designed to stick to enemy tanks. |
| candlebombnoun | A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes. |
| blowtubenoun | A blowpipe (used in metallurgy, etc.). |
| puff pipenoun | (aviation) A pipe on a VTOL aircraft that expels compressed air in order to stabilize the craft. |
| bagpipesnoun | A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds. |
| powder-bagnoun | (historical) A bag for gunpowder. |
| playpipenoun | A rigid extension to a fire hose that provides a gripping surface for fire fighting personnel. Typically a pipe with handles that attaches to the end of a fire hose and has a nozzle attached to it. |
| pipingnoun | The sound of musical pipes. |
| set of pipesnoun | (music) A wind instrument incorporating multiple pipes, such as a panpipe or bagpipe. |
| pizzonoun | A glass pipe with a spherical bulb for freebasing drugs such as methamphetamine. |
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