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amatol

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am⋅a⋅tol

  [am-uh-tawl, -tol]
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–noun Chemistry.
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
Origin:
1915–20; am(monium) + connective -a- + (trinitro)tol(uene)
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am·a·tol   (ām'ə-tôl', -tŏl')   
n.  A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.

[From am(monium) + (trinitro)tol(uene).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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