#explosive

• Amatol — A military explosive material composed of a homogeneous mixture of trinitrotoluene (TNT) and ammonium nitrate, widely used during World War I and World War II for filling artillery shells, aerial bombs, and naval mines.
• Ammonal — An industrial and military explosive substance composed of a homogeneous mixture of ammonium nitrate, aluminum powder, and trinitrotoluene (TNT) or charcoal. The aluminum functions as a powerful thermal agent that considerably increases the temperature and blast of the explosion, making amonal ideal for large-scale mining operations or for charging heavy projectiles.
• Pyrotechnician — A person specialized in manufacturing, handling, assembling, and igniting pyrotechnic mixtures or fireworks within public shows; (in a military context) a technician responsible for preparing, verifying, arming, or defusing projectiles, explosive charges, and engineering materials. This profession demands a profound structural knowledge of explosive chemistry and strict compliance with industrial safety regulations.
• Pyrotechnician — A rare regional, hybrid, or archaic phonetic variant for the term 'artificier', used in certain dialects of the Romanian linguistic space to denote a person specialized in handling explosives, manufacturing pyrotechnic mixtures, or organizing fireworks displays. In the past, within rural or Balkan industrial settings, the term identified the master blaster who prepared structural charges for dynamiting rocks in quarries or mines.
• Self-explosive — Regarding substances, chemical mixtures, or devices: self-explosive; possessing the property to decompose violently and detonate spontaneously under the influence of internal factors or minor environmental variations, without requiring an external primer or dedicated detonator. In a technical sense, it describes a critical molecular instability where the thermal propagation reaction is self-sustained.
• Car bomb — A road vehicle (car, truck, or utility vehicle) inside which a substantial load of explosive substances has been concealed, designed to be detonated remotely, by a timer, or by a suicide bomber in order to destroy military targets, critical infrastructure, or to cause casualties among the civilian population. In modern security terminology, it represents a devastating form of vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).