gelignite
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gelignite (countable and uncountable, plural gelignites)
- An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.
- 2008, Steven P. Moysey, The Road to Balcombe Street: The IRA Reign of Terror in London, Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, →ISBN, page 58:
- Three small gelignite bombs, with pocket watch timing devices, were concealed in packets small enough to fit through the slot of the standard cast-iron post box, the cylindrical bright red colored boxes so common throughout London.