trinitrotoluene

[ trahy-nahy-troh-tol-yoo-een ]

/ traɪˌnaɪ troʊˈtɒl yuˌin /

TNT.

Also tri·ni·tro·tol·u·ol

[trahy-nahy-troh-tol-yoo-ohl] /traɪˌnaɪ troʊˈtɒl yuˌoʊl/.

Origin of trinitrotoluene

First recorded in 1895–1900; trinitro- + toluene

He has been silenced for a year by the roar of trinitrotoluene and the bluster of fools; and the world is in ruins.

The Inca of Perusalem |George Bernard Shaw
The more violent mixtures contain some trinitrotoluene in addition.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various
Hence it has been displaced by more suitable substances, notably by trinitrotoluene.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various
Mononitrotoluene is put in at one end of the plant and comes out as trinitrotoluene.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various

The Germans did not develop this explosive as much as the Entente Powers, who effected great economy of trinitrotoluene.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various

trinitrotoluene

/ (traɪˌnaɪtrəʊˈtɒljʊˌiːn) /

the full name for TNT

trinitrotoluene

[ trī-nī′trō-tŏl′yōō-ēn′ ]

See TNT.