The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BOMB which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2013.
Explosive device crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BOMB | 36 % | 4 |
| MINE | 27 % | 4 |
| LANDMINE | 9 % | 8 |
| SMOKEBOMB | 9 % | 9 |
| GRENADE | 9 % | 7 |
| PETARD | 9 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Explosive device
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bomb
- explosive weapon
- explosive
- pipe bomb
- fuse
- nuclear explosion
- explosion
- detonation
- exploder
- detonability
- car bomb
- high explosive
Crossword Answer definitions
BOMB noun- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
- A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- A large amount of money.
- (social) Something highly effective or attractive.
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
- A woman’s breast.
- A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
- An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- To fail dismally.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
- To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- To make oneself drunk.
- (especially with along, down, up etc.) To move at high speed.
- Great, awesome.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BOMB
- Box office flop
- Die, on stage
- Fail at the box office
- Fail big-time
- Turkey
- Broadway turkey
- Explosive
- Broadway flop
- Utter flop
- Filmdom flop
More clues leading to the result MINE
- Outfielder's call
- Alternative to "your place"
- Belonging to me
- Excavation
- "___ eyes have seen the glory..."
- Coal hole
- Not yours
- Source of gold
- Greedy kid's declaration
- Miser's word
More clues leading to the result LANDMINE
- Buried explosive
- Explosive situation, metaphorically
- Metaphor for a potential crisis
- Potential crisis
- Ground-concealed explosive charge.
- Explosive device
- Concealed explosive
- Part of a buffer zone, maybe
- Hidden danger
- Something banned by international treaty
More clues leading to the result SMOKEBOMB
More clues leading to the result GRENADE
- Small exploder
- "Pineapple"
- Hurled explosive
- Explosive shell
- Small explosive shell
- It has a safety pin
- Small shell
- Pineapple with a pin
- Explosive shell thrown by hand
- Explosive hand shell.