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☆ dun·nite (dun′īt)

noun

ammonium picrate, a high explosive, CH(NO)ONH, used esp. in armor-piercing shells because of its relative insensitivity to shock

Etymology: after B. W. Dunn (1860-1936), U.S. army officer + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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