guncotton
noun
gun·cot·ton
ˈgən-ˌkä-tᵊn 
: nitrocellulose
especially
: an explosive highly nitrated product used chiefly in smokeless powder
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Nitrocellulose, also known as guncotton, is highly flammable.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
When one of them is struck the glass receptacle is broken and the acids, flowing into a chamber containing chemicals, set up an action that explodes the guncotton.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
This fires the detonating charge, which in turn fires the main charge of guncotton.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
When one of them is struck the glass receptacle is broken and the acids, flowing into a chamber containing chemicals, set up an action that explodes the guncotton.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
This fires the detonating charge, which in turn fires the main charge of guncotton.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
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guncotton
noun
gun·cot·ton
ˈgən-ˌkät-ᵊn
: any of various cellulose nitrates
especially
: an explosive consisting of a higher-nitrated product (as one containing at least 13.2 percent nitrogen)
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