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roburite

roburite noun: an explosive formerly used in mining, made from chlorinated dinitrobenzene oxidized by ammonium nitrate.

Noun

roburite (uncountable)

  1. An explosive formerly used in mining, made from chlorinated dinitrobenzene oxidized by ammonium nitrate.

Origin of roburite

From Latin rōbur (“hardness, strength”) + -ite.

Questions about roburite

What does roburite mean?
Roburite means an explosive formerly used in mining, made from chlorinated dinitrobenzene oxidized by ammonium nitrate.
What part of speech is roburite?
Roburite is a noun.

Words near roburite in the dictionary

  1. Robuck
  2. Robucks
  3. Robur
  4. Robur Carolinum
  5. roburin
  6. roburite
  7. roburoid
  8. robust
  9. robust association of massive baryonic objects
  10. robust associations of massive baryonic objects
  11. robust australopithecine

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