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trinitrotoluol

Variant of trinitrotoluene

noun

a high explosive, any of several isomeric derivatives, CHCH(NO), of toluene, used for blasting, in artillery shells, etc.: abbrev. TNT

also trinitrotoluol

Origin: tri- + nitro- + toluene

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