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/əˈməʊ.nɪ.ə/ · noun
(inorganic chemistry) A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste..
Never use ammonia to clean metal writing pens.
Slowly we rode down to the camp - a very sorrowful party. We took "Nep" straight to the surgery, where the doctor instantly applied injections of ammonia, then the new remedy for snake bite.
When the woman pressed charges against the man who beat her up and threatened her, the man's girlfriend approached her after work and threw a bottle of ammonia at her.
Use ammonia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ammonia means (inorganic chemistry) A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH₃, with a pungent smell and taste..
Common synonyms include spirits of hartshorn, volatile alkali, ammonium hydroxide, ammonia water.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Never use ammonia to clean metal writing pens.
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