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gelignite
"A high explosive made from a gel of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, used particularly for rock-blasting", Late 19th century: probably from gelatin + Latin (
l)ignis
'wood' + -ite
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