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At the time the military significance of the airship and the aeroplane were becoming apparent; hence the sudden diversion of the idea into a destructive channel This aerial torpedo is a small missile carrying a charge of high explosive, such as trinitrotoluene, and depends for its detonation upon impact or a time fuse.

—Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War

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noun TNT.

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That powder, as crimson as a cardinal, was about two thousand times as violent as trinitrotoluene--TNT--or any other known toluene-derivative explosive. — 121 - The Black, Black Witch
"That's where the boys set off a dozen quarts of trinitrotoluene--T. N. T. They were hoping to open up Dove Zachies's cache They sure it's in this mountain?" — 028 - The Roar Devil
Secondaries generally need the shock of another HE to detonate, such as Ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene (TNT) and Sodium chlorate, and often a sensitiser, such as oil for AN and vaseline for SC. — The Explosives and Weapons Forum: AP Plasticizer
Examples of chemicals consumed by these bugs include benzoate, toluene, acetone, carbon tetrachloride, cyanamide, naphthalene, nitroglycerin, n-octane, styrene, trinitrotoluene (yes, TNT), and many more The mechanisms of degradation of all of these chemicals are not completely characterized. — AnalogSFF,May2006
A Georgian Railway spokeswoman told Reuters that according to preliminary information, trinitrotoluene (TNT) was used to carry out the explosion. — Reuters: Top News