amatol
(ˈæmətɒl)
[irreg. f. ammonium + -tol- in trinitrotoluene.]
A high explosive consisting of a mixture of trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.) and ammonium nitrate.
| 1918 E. Colver High Explosives 252 In England these mixtures [trinitrotoluene and ammonium nitrate] are designated amatol. 1922 H. F. Moulton Life Ld. Moulton vii. 191 Finally in February 1915 Lord Kitchener..gave his casting vote on the side of big production, and A. 6 were told that they might proceed with the production of amatol. |