ammonal

American  

[am-uh-nal] / ˈæm əˌnæl /

noun

1. a high explosive consisting chiefly of powdered aluminum, ammonium nitrate, and TNT.

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ammonal British  

/ ˈæmənəl /

noun

1. an explosive made by mixing TNT, ammonium nitrate, and aluminium powder

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Etymology

Origin of ammonal

First recorded in 1900–05; ammon(ium) + al(uminum)

Example Sentences

Ammonal women, the heaviest drinkers - 12 percent - were between 51 and 70 years old.

From Reuters

Some Blasting Explosives Ammonal: ammonium nitrate 80 to 90 per cent, aluminium 4 to 18 per cent, charcoal 2 to 6 per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

Powdered aluminum is used for the production of high temperatures in the Thermite process, and is a constituent of the explosive, ammonal, and of aluminum paints.

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One bomb fell near to the main ammonal magazine, but, very fortunately, failed to explode.

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The country was flat and desolate; periodically the ground would shake and tremble, and in No Man's Land chalk and rubble and the salmon-pink fumes of ammonal would shoot upwards, showing that the men of the underworld still carried on.

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