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Discover all the synonyms available for the terms propelling, prophylactic, propensity, propitious, prophetic, propeller and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the synonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « propellant »

  • As in stimulus : noun provocation
  • As in aerosol can : noun spray can
  • As in incitation : noun stimulus
  • As in stimulator : noun stimulus
  • As in explosive : noun something that blows up
  • As in fuel : noun something providing energy
  • As in gasoline : noun fuel
Example sentences :
  • Some jerk has redesigned the primer so that the flame misses the propellant!
  • Extract from : « Hanging by a Thread » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Its final fall was due to the introduction of gunpowder as a propellant.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 » by Various
  • The suit had been torn in the fall, and some propellant had gotten in through the rents.
  • Extract from : « The Scarlet Lake Mystery » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • The propellant was taking the rocket almost out of sight when the fuse fired it.
  • Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred
  • Compressed air was the propellant for the Zalinski dynamite gun.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 » by Various
  • For instance, the one which drives the shell from the gun, known as the propellant, must not be too sudden in its action.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of War Inventions » by Thomas W. Corbin
  • Clearly, smoke, which is most objectionable in the propellant, is a positive advantage in the bursting charge.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of War Inventions » by Thomas W. Corbin
  • It is desired that a propellant shall produce the maximum velocity with the minimum pressure.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 » by Various
  • In army usage the term "propellant" includes both smokeless powder and black powder.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • The cost of a loaded 75-millimeter shell with the fuse and propellant charge ready to be fired is about $11.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell