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gelignite

noun
SayJEL-ig-nytUS/ˈd͡ʒɛlɪɡˌnaɪt/UK/ˈdʒɛlɪɡ.naɪt/

Pluralgelignites

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  1. 1
    nouncountable or uncountable
    An 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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