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pentolite

[ pen-tl-ahyt ]

noun

  1. a high explosive consisting of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and TNT.


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"Intelligence detected the plan to bring the explosive pentolite to Bogota to commit a terrorist attack in the city," Molano said during an address shared over social media.

From Reuters

Investigators estimated that the bomb contained 180 pounds of the powerful explosive pentolite placed aboard a pickup.

The car had been laden with about 175 pounds of pentolite, a powerful explosive, which went off minutes after a promotion ceremony for police officers, according to the office of the Colombian attorney general.

The car bomb was delivered aboard a light truck loaded with 180 pounds of pentolite explosive, said attorney general Nestor Humberto Martinez, who appeared at the briefing with Duque.

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