SINCE 1828
hexanitrodiphenylamine
noun
hexa·ni·tro·diphenylamine
| \ ¦heksə¦nī‧trō+\
Definition of hexanitrodiphenylamine
: a light-yellow poisonous crystalline compound [(NO2)3C6H2]2NH made by nitrating diphenylamine and used as a high explosive
— called also dipicrylamine
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