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amatol definition

ama·tol (am′ə tôl′, -täl′, -tōl′)

noun

a powerful explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene (TNT)

Etymology: < am(monium) + tol(uene)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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