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cyclonite definition

cy·clo·nite (sī′klō nīt′, -klə-)

noun

an insoluble, crystalline compound, CHNO, used as a powerful explosive or rat poison

Etymology: contr. < cyclo(-trimethylene-tri)nit(ramin)e: intended to suggest cyclone & -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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