Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.
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- noun A
high explosive made from a mixture ofammonium nitrate andtrinitrotoluene
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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*Sodium amatol was a barbiturate used to treat catatonic mutism.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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There were some packages of pre-fabricated explosives with amatol, primer and chemical detonator combined in one neat unit with a miniature timing device that ranged from five seconds to five minutes, complete with sucker clamps.
When Eight Bells Toll MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987 1966
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2010
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2010
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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We tried sodium amatol on him three years ago to find where he buried a Princton student; he gave 'em a recipe for chip dip.
Branded in the 80s! 2009
bilby commented on the word amatol
"I was dreaming fitfully. It was the Crimea again; the crump-crump-crump of the guns and the metallic scream that an armoured personnel carrier makes when hit. I could even taste the dust, the cordite and the amatol in the air, the muffled cries of my comrades, the directionless sound of the gunfire."
- Jasper Fforde, 'The Eyre Affair'.
October 27, 2008