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/ˈa.mə.nal/ · noun
An explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder..
Our greatest trial was the German canister. It was a two-gallon drum with a cylinder containing about two pounds of an explosive called ammonal that looked like salmon paste, smelled like marzipan, and when it went off sounded like the Day of judgment.
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Ammonal means An explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder..
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Our greatest trial was the German canister. It was a two-gallon drum with a cylinder containing about two pounds of an explosive called ammonal that looked like salmon paste, smelled like marzipan, and when it went off sounded like the Day of judgment.
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