gelignite

Examples

• All

• It's twice as powerful as gelignite and only half the weight.

  The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• The men also throw hand grenades or gelignite bombs at the vehicle and under it.

  Blog text (12)

• "Jelly" is short for gelignite.

  Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

• Gelignite stolen from a site in County Tyrone.

  A Prayer for the Dying (1987)

• You got the gelignite.

  Malibu Shark Attack (2009)

• Gelignite.

  The Eternal (1998)

• Blasted so much gelignite he's permanently deranged in the attic?

  Fiction book (1992)

• He works at taking a prepared parcel of gelignite sticks and jamming them carefully into a crevice.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The construction crew used gelignite to safely demolish the old building.

• They carefully stored the gelignite in a secure location away from any heat sources.

Synonyms

D

dynamite

vsgelignite

• Specialized

138 5.1

An explosive material used to break rock or destroy buildings

is more specific and uses wood pulp plus sodium or potassium nitrate

G

gelly

vsgelignite

• Archaic

1 9.9

An explosive like dynamite used to break rock in mines or construction

is the same meaning but written or used as a variant form

Surface Forms

Etymology