# gelignite

Pronunciation: say "JEL-ig-nyt" US /ˈd͡ʒɛlɪɡˌnaɪt/, UK /ˈdʒɛlɪɡ.naɪt/

## Noun

1. An explosive whose active ingredients, nitroglycerin and a nitrate, are held in an absorbent wood-pulp base.
   - Simple: An explosive made by soaking wood pulp with nitroglycerin and a chemical called a nitrate.
   - _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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