gelignite
SayJEL-ig-nytUS/ˈd͡ʒɛlɪɡˌnaɪt/UK/ˈdʒɛlɪɡ.naɪt/
Pluralgelignites
- 1An explosive whose active ingredients, nitroglycerin and a nitrate, are held in an absorbent wood-pulp base.
The road crew blasted through the hillside with a few sticks of gelignite.
Investigators traced the gelignite bomb to a quarry that had reported a break-in.
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