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cordite
explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
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dynamite
an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
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plastic explosive, plastique
an explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy
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TNT, trinitrotoluene
explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
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gelignite, gelly
a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
