Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A modern high explosive, said to consist of 26 parts of metadinitrobenzol and 74 parts of ammonium nitrate.

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Examples

  • The term securite sociale, or social security, was first coined by FDR in 1935 and the French used it to express those social risks such as work accidents, unemployment, retirement and health care, which had to be covered in order to protect the economic security of individuals.

    Vivian Norris de Montaigu: Health Care: France & the U.S., Social Security and the Single-Payer Model 2009

  • Then, outside the terminal, I was set up on by an aggressive gang of taxi drivers and hommes de securite (security men) who wrenched my bags away from me and demanded $50 for the trip.

    Roadblocks and Riots 2007

  • Puissent nos debats ici contribuer a etablir la paix et la securite dans le monde,

    Speech at the 54th General Assembly of the United Nations 1999

  • (Societe africaine de securite), but added that he had "never been to Zaire, was not involved with any South African security company and had played no role, directly or indirectly, in the recruitment and training of mercenaries on behalf of the Zairean government."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • One for you to carry and one for me, par mesure de securite.

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • Roburite, bellite, and securite should perhaps be regarded as belonging to the Sprengel class of explosives, otherwise this class is not manufactured or used in England.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • Another nitro body that is used as an explosive is nitro-naphthalene, C_ {10} H_ {6} (NO_ {2}) _ {2}, in roburite, securite, and other explosives of this class.

    Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise

  • IRSN, a public official establishment, was created by the AFSSE Act Agence francaise de securite sanitaire environnementale, French Agency of Sanitary Environmental Security in February 2002 and operates under the conjoint authority of France's Defense Environment, Industry and Health and Research Ministers.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John C.K. Daly 2012

  • A l'abri du danger, mon ame satisfaite Savoure en surete parfaite; Et si tu veux jauer avec securite, Rends-moi mon doux ami, ces dons de l'amitie.

    The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761

  • A l'abri du danger, mon ame satisfaite Savoure en surete parfaite; Et si tu veux jauer avec securite, Rends-moi mon doux ami, ces dons de l'amitie.

    Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 08: Convent Affairs Giacomo Casanova 1761

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