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explosive gelatine

explosive gelatine is the alternative form of explosive gelatin.

Meaning of explosive gelatin

Noun

explosive gelatin (uncountable)

  1. A powerful explosive made by gently heating nitroglycerin in a water-bath, then dissolving guncotton in it.

Questions about explosive gelatine

What is explosive gelatine the alternative form of?
Explosive gelatine is the alternative form of explosive gelatin.

Words near explosive gelatine in the dictionary

  1. explosive cyclogeneses
  2. explosive cyclogenesis
  3. explosive decompression
  4. explosive decompressions
  5. explosive gelatin
  6. explosive gelatine
  7. explosive lens
  8. explosive lenses
  9. explosive sadism
  10. explosively
  11. explosively formed penetrator

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