trinitroglycerine

/ traɪˌnaɪtrəʊˈɡlɪsəˌriːn /

noun

the full name for nitroglycerine

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And a British naval blockade, in turn, propelled German scientists into hijacking another fermentation process to create glycerol, needed to synthesize the explosive trinitroglycerine.