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Recent Examples of nonexplosive
In 2019, deputies designing active shooter training in Marina del Rey accidentally started a fire while testing a flashbang trainer, a nonexplosive version of a flashbang, or stun grenade.
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Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
The 25-pound missile was nonexplosive.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
Reykjanes Peninsula was forecast well in advance, fully expected to be nonexplosive and nonthreatening, and seemed likely to be confined to uninhabited valleys.
—Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
The highest level of tejo in Colombia is the National Federation of Tejo, and there's a now a separate federation responsible for bringing tejo -- albeit a miniature, nonexplosive version -- into schools, as well as a move to involve seniors.
—Lucy Sherriff, CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
So imagine the excitement on April 7, when more than 200 physicists from seven countries convened on a Zoom call for a kind of nonexplosive gender-reveal party.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 18 May 2021
All very innocent — moving lawn furniture a block down the street, soaping windows, leaving stink bombs on porches (homemade, nonchemical, nonexplosive types) and moving outhouses.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
Most of its activity has been nonexplosive, but a 1924 eruption spewed ash and 10-ton (9-metric ton) rocks into the sky, leaving one man dead.
—Amy Lieu, Lucia I. Suarez Sang, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
Moody Air Force Base in central Georgia said in a news release that there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the 25-pound, nonexplosive training munitions were dropped Monday afternoon by an A-10C Thunderbolt II jet.
—USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
The 25-pound missile was nonexplosive.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
Reykjanes Peninsula was forecast well in advance, fully expected to be nonexplosive and nonthreatening, and seemed likely to be confined to uninhabited valleys.
—Robin George Andrews, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
The highest level of tejo in Colombia is the National Federation of Tejo, and there's a now a separate federation responsible for bringing tejo -- albeit a miniature, nonexplosive version -- into schools, as well as a move to involve seniors.
—Lucy Sherriff, CNN, 8 Sep. 2021
So imagine the excitement on April 7, when more than 200 physicists from seven countries convened on a Zoom call for a kind of nonexplosive gender-reveal party.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 18 May 2021
All very innocent — moving lawn furniture a block down the street, soaping windows, leaving stink bombs on porches (homemade, nonchemical, nonexplosive types) and moving outhouses.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
Most of its activity has been nonexplosive, but a 1924 eruption spewed ash and 10-ton (9-metric ton) rocks into the sky, leaving one man dead.
—Amy Lieu, Lucia I. Suarez Sang, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
Moody Air Force Base in central Georgia said in a news release that there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the 25-pound, nonexplosive training munitions were dropped Monday afternoon by an A-10C Thunderbolt II jet.
—USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonexplosive
Adjective
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Miller also recommended a buffer zone between homes and wildland areas, which would be kept clear and contain nonflammable vegetation.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The reaction produces a nonflammable carbon material, thereby slowing a blaze to buy firefighters time.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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So houses are mostly Mediterranean, wrapped with stucco or fiber cement — noncombustible materials — with a few splashes of stone and brick thrown in.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Other tips include installing ember-resistant vents, fire-retardant roofs and building the first 6 inches of exterior walls with noncombustible materials, like brick.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.—
Chicago Tribune staff,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2022
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The Chicago Tribune claimed its four-story building constructed of stone, brick and iron at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison streets was incombustible.—
Kori Rumore,
chicagotribune.com,
1 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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Aiming to make a fireproof ship, Gibbs had insisted the S.S. United States be free of wood.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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How to Safely Store Your Paper Documents Keep your documents in a fireproof container, whether that’s a lockbox or a safe.—
Ron Lieber,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Nonexplosive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexplosive. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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