[
UK
/ˌʌnɛksplˈəʊdɪd/
]
[ US /ˌənɪksˈpɫoʊdɪd/ ]
[ US /ˌənɪksˈpɫoʊdɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
still capable of exploding or being fired
an unexploded bomb
undischarged ammunition
How To Use unexploded In A Sentence
- It was not unknown for an unexploded portion of an old charge to remain dormant but active for years under such conditions.
- The area is still littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance.
- An unexploded bomb belt was also found close by. Times, Sunday Times
- The minehunters had been in the area clearing unexploded weapons, including mines, from the approaches to the port.
- An unexploded bomb is lodged ominously in the courtyard, a neat visual allegory for the sense of imminent threat in the film. Times, Sunday Times
- Two of his colleagues had died and a second, unexploded bomb had been spotted. Times, Sunday Times
- Investigators found two unexploded devices next to the pipe bomb in a roadside bin. The Sun
- In Basrah, Red Cross instructor was conducting mine and unexploded ordnance awareness activities with schoolchildren.
- An army bomb squad was scrambled to dispose of an unexploded mortar shell found poking out of a rabbit hole on Easter Sunday.
- Workmen digging up a front garden got a fright when they discovered an unexploded Second World War bomb.