charge

/tʃɑrdʒ/ n [C] (EXPLOSIVE)

Definition

› the amount of explosive to be fired at one time

(Definition of charge n (EXPLOSIVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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