Dynamite vs. Gelignite

Dynamitenoun

A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.

Dynamitenoun

Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.

Dynamiteverb

To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

Dynamitenoun

An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.

Dynamitenoun

an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp

Dynamiteverb

blow up with dynamite;

Dynamitenoun

a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks.

Dynamitenoun

something that could generate extreme reactions or have devastating repercussions

Dynamitenoun

an extremely impressive or exciting person or thing

Dynamitenoun

a narcotic, especially heroin.

Dynamiteverb

blow up (something) with dynamite

Dynamite

Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay) and stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany and patented in 1867.

Gelignitenoun

An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.

Gelignitenoun

a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate

Gelignitenoun

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.

Gelignite

Gelignite (), also known as blasting gelatin or simply jelly, is an explosive material consisting of collodion-cotton (a type of nitrocellulose or guncotton) dissolved in either nitroglycerine or nitroglycol and mixed with wood pulp and saltpetre (sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate). It was invented in 1875, by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who also invented dynamite.