German-English translation for "Sprengstoff"

"Sprengstoff" English translation

Sprengstoff
Maskulinum | masculine m

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  • explosive
    Sprengstoff Chemie | chemistryCHEM Technik | engineeringTECH
    Sprengstoff Chemie | chemistryCHEM Technik | engineeringTECH
  • powder keg
    Sprengstoff figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    Sprengstoff figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
examples
  • politischer [sozialer] Sprengstoff
    a poltical [social] powder keg
    politischer [sozialer] Sprengstoff
Sprengstoff geringer [hoher] Brisanz
low- [high-]brisance explosive
Sprengstoff geringer [hoher] Brisanz
Are they explosives or whatever?
Sind es Sprengstoffe oder etwas Ähnliches?
Source: Europarl
The amount of explosive has been precisely calculated to achieve that result.
Die Menge des Sprengstoffs ist so kalkuliert, daß genau diese Wirkung erreicht wird.
Source: Europarl
For example, the Presidency decided to speed up work in the field of explosives.
So hat der Ratsvorsitz beschlossen, die Arbeiten im Bereich Sprengstoffe zu beschleunigen.
Source: Europarl
There is plenty of explosive material in all three of them and they are interconnected.
Alle drei enthalten reichlich Sprengstoff und alle drei haben viel miteinander zu tun.
Source: Europarl
When social exclusion is combined with national sentiment, the result is powerful and explosive.
Da kommt eben sozialer und nationaler Sprengstoff zusammen.
Source: Europarl
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