unexploded
adjective
un·ex·plod·ed
ˌən-ik-ˈsplō-dəd 
: not exploded
an unexploded bomb/shell
unexploded ammunition
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After finding Khan Younis largely in ruins and unsafe due to unexploded munitions and bombs, many soon return to Rafah.
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Aya Batrawy, NPR, 8 May 2024
Birch said that more unexploded missiles and bombs have fallen in Gaza than anywhere in the world since at least the Second World War.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
Researchers are still unraveling how these unexploded ordnances affect human and environmental health.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
Just last month, magnet fishermen pulled an unexploded ordnance from the Charles River in Massachusetts, just a few days after one was found in the same area, CBS Boston reported.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Marape pointed out that residents live in daily fear of being killed by unexploded ordnance.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2024
An article on Saturday about the co-founder of a group that works to deactivate unexploded bombs left behind by the Vietnam War referred imprecisely to an arm injury Ho Van Lai sustained in a cluster bomb explosion.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Bodies lay decomposing in the hospital's dirt courtyard, which was laden with unexploded ordnance.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Tens of thousands of unexploded ordnance have been removed, but more remain.
—Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
Aya Batrawy, NPR, 8 May 2024
Birch said that more unexploded missiles and bombs have fallen in Gaza than anywhere in the world since at least the Second World War.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
Researchers are still unraveling how these unexploded ordnances affect human and environmental health.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
Just last month, magnet fishermen pulled an unexploded ordnance from the Charles River in Massachusetts, just a few days after one was found in the same area, CBS Boston reported.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2024
Marape pointed out that residents live in daily fear of being killed by unexploded ordnance.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 22 Apr. 2024
An article on Saturday about the co-founder of a group that works to deactivate unexploded bombs left behind by the Vietnam War referred imprecisely to an arm injury Ho Van Lai sustained in a cluster bomb explosion.
—New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Bodies lay decomposing in the hospital's dirt courtyard, which was laden with unexploded ordnance.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
Tens of thousands of unexploded ordnance have been removed, but more remain.
—Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Unexploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexploded. Accessed 13 May. 2024.
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