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    A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. It resembles a tiny stick of...
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    create a dramatic scene. The device comprises a squib (a small, tablet-shaped, firecracker-like explosive) with an integrated igniter, a pack of simulant...
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    A squib load, also known as a squib round, pop and no kick, or just a squib, is a firearm malfunction in which a fired projectile does not have enough...
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  • Look up squib in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Squib or Squibb may refer to: Squib (explosive), a miniature explosive with a very small charge Bullet...
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    theatre productions are modified to conceal special effects equipment such as squibs, wires and controllers are commonly referred to as "dead-character costumes"...
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    Primers Blasting cap Micro combined heat and power Renewable natural gas Squib (explosive) Pyrotechnic fastener Exploding-bridgewire detonator "Firestar electric...
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  • discharge), could cause a serious fragmentation hazard. A squib load (also squib round, squib, squib fire, insufficient discharge, incomplete discharge) is...
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  • the special effects department drilled, wired and hand-planted 380 squib explosives onto the truck, including 150 on each side of the vehicle and 80 for...
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    differ), he was blinded in one eye by a flying splinter from a copper explosive squib cap. Thus like his brother before him (losing part of his right hand...
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    another. Squib load Firearm malfunction entry in Online Etymological Dictionary Davis, Tenney L. (1943). The Chemistry of Powder & Explosives. Hollywood...
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  • red food coloring, often inside small balloons coupled with explosive devices called squibs. There are many reasons for substituting for real blood in...
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    preparing, per procedure, to cut off the spacecraft's antenna whip with a squib-actuated cutter at the end of a pole, the hatch cover flew off, struck the...
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    failed to sufficiently push the projectile out of the barrel is called a squib. The cartridge was invented specifically for breechloading firearms. Prior...
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    Fireworks Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks...
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    performed by the government are permitted. Quarter stick M-80 (explosive) Salute (pyrotechnics) Squib Superstring (fireworks) Sutli bomb Miller, John (June 2015)...
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  • drive a bullet partway into the barrel — a dangerous condition called a squib load. The first step to firing a firearm of any sort is igniting the propellant...
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    Fougasse (weapon) (category Explosive weapons)
    without knowing why, suddenly finds himself going up in the air like a squib with his legs and arms flying in different directions. We have had many...
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    projectile like a bullet or pellet, but generates a muzzle flash and an explosive sound (muzzle report) like a normal gunshot would. Firearms may need to...
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  • with 580 grams of an RDX/Estane explosive mix. After the mine reaches the ground, and the arming delay has passed, a squib is fired launching eight tripwires...
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  • the consensus: "Loaded Weapon 1 hits all the routine targets with soft squibs, yielding a tired parody that cycles through its laundry list of references...
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    in declassified documents (possibly because of its classified nature), "squibs" on the Los Alamos Laboratory 1A Valve Mechanism would fire and cause the...
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  • can be used together with aluminium. Pyrofuze bridgewires can be used in squibs and electric matches. Pyrofuze foils can be used for e.g. sealing of various...
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  • cost of $250,000 and included 7,000 drilled holes that would include explosive squibs for its demolition. The helicopter chase scene included a helicopter...
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    Flame fougasse (category Explosive weapons)
    may be spelled foo gas) is a type of mine or improvised explosive device which uses an explosive charge to project burning liquid onto a target. The flame...
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  • use or to make them legal under the law. Squib load, also known as squib round, pop and no kick, or just squib: A firearms malfunction in which a fired...
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    Stephan von Gröning [de], head of the Abwehr in Nantes, he was trained in explosives, radio communications, parachute jumping and other subjects in France...
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    loads for heavier projectiles without as much risk of overpressure or a squib load, and are also easier to clean. The shot pellets from a shotshell are...
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  • film, it's another Eiger Sanction. Less a 'Firefox', it's more of a damp squib, or at best a smoldering turkey." Vincent Canby's review in The New York...
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  • the scene, and he had to wear a helmet to protect himself from the explosive squibs simulating gunfire. Anderson pulled the tentacles into the Dog-Thing...
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  • covering the puppet in flammable rubber cement that was remotely ignited with squib sparks. Its fingers were locked to the fence to prevent it from falling...
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