Definition of trinitrotoluenes Trinitrotoluenes

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What does trinitrotoluenes mean?

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Noun
trinitrotoluene - explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene
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trinitrotoluene (Noun)
A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, CH3C6H2NO23, obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene.

TNT (Trinitrotoluene) is an explosive similar to dynamite (based on nitroglycerin).

Sometimes TNT is used to mean dynamite, or dynamite is used to mean TNT, because they can be used in similar ways.

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