gelignite

Example Sentences

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"Graham, a compact parcel of Scouse gelignite, doesn't tend to play softies, so his simmering aggression felt all too credible."

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2019

So, one day last week, engineers packed 120 Ib. of gelignite against one side of the tower, touched it off, and watched this appendix of Victorian days topple.

From Time Magazine Archive

But not a single gun was fired; since the few ancient artillery pieces in Apia were unsafe, police simulated the salute by exploding 19 charges of gelignite buried in the sand.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gelignite was later traced to an Irish explosives manufacturer and presumably had been transported into Britain directly across the Irish Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

As far as he was aware there were no explosives on board, a consignment of gelignite, for use on the Rand, having been landed at Durban.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)