a high explosive made from a gel of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, used particularly for rock-blasting.
a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks.
something that could generate extreme reactions or have devastating repercussions
an extremely impressive or exciting person or thing
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.
a high explosive made from a gel of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, used particularly for rock-blasting.
a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks.
something that could generate extreme reactions or have devastating repercussions
an extremely impressive or exciting person or thing
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.