The meaning of Gelignite
Gelignite – definition
nounA 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.
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The suitcase contained chlorate of potash and paraffin wax, which was mixed with gelignite to form …
nounA very powerful explosive substance, similar to dynamite
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Word origin
late 19th century: probably from gelatin + Latin ( l)ignis ‘wood’ + -ite1.
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