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Ammonium nitrate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Ammonium nitrate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant

2

The ammonium salt of nitric acid, NH₄NO₃; it is used in fertilizers and explosives (notoriously in improvised explosive devices, though its main importance is as an explosive in its own right and in mixtures such as amatol and ANFO).

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nitrate
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