gelignite
noun
gel·ig·nite
ˈje-lig-ˌnīt 
: a dynamite in which the adsorbent base is largely potassium nitrate or a similar nitrate usually with some wood pulp
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The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, an ethnic armed group that controls the Namhkam area, said Sunday's blast involved gelignite used in local mining and stone quarrying.
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ABC News, 1 June 2026
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, said in a statement released on its Telegram channel that gelignite had been stored by the group’s economic department for use in mining and stone quarrying sites, and that an investigation into the cause of the explosion is underway.
—Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Is a little gelignite too much to ask?
—Chloe Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
He’d been caught smuggling gelignite in his ice-cream van.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
As our special report on migration this week notes, in most rich countries immigration is political gelignite.
—The Economist, 15 Nov. 2019
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ABC News, 1 June 2026
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, said in a statement released on its Telegram channel that gelignite had been stored by the group’s economic department for use in mining and stone quarrying sites, and that an investigation into the cause of the explosion is underway.
—Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Is a little gelignite too much to ask?
—Chloe Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
He’d been caught smuggling gelignite in his ice-cream van.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
As our special report on migration this week notes, in most rich countries immigration is political gelignite.
—The Economist, 15 Nov. 2019
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“Gelignite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gelignite. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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