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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