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  • noun The explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate

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Examples

  • Reaching into his dive satchel, he pulled out the coils of detonation cord, a thin, malleable explosive of pentrite wrapped within a soft, pliable textile that appeared to be a long strand of nylon rope.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Reaching into his dive satchel, he pulled out the coils of detonation cord, a thin, malleable explosive of pentrite wrapped within a soft, pliable textile that appeared to be a long strand of nylon rope.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Reaching into his dive satchel, he pulled out the coils of detonation cord, a thin, malleable explosive of pentrite wrapped within a soft, pliable textile that appeared to be a long strand of nylon rope.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • He has pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines plane by injecting chemicals into a package of pentrite explosive concealed in his underwear and is due to be sentenced Thursday.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2012

  • He has pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines plane by injecting chemicals into a package of pentrite explosive concealed in his underwear and is due to be sentenced Thursday.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2012

  • He has pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines plane by injecting chemicals into a package of pentrite explosive concealed in his underwear and is due to be sentenced Thursday.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2012

  • He has pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the Northwest Airlines plane by injecting chemicals into a package of pentrite explosive concealed in his underwear and is due to be sentenced Thursday.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • My supplier of pentrite stupidly got himself pinched in Albania with two kilos.

    Anarchist news dot org - Comments WeWillWin Anarchy 2010

  • The explosives stashed in the house, a garage and a car included 1,330 kilogrammes of ammonium nitrate, 75 kilogrammes of potassium nitrate and 40 litres of sulphuric acid, pentrite, aluminium powder and nitromethane.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • U.S. officials say a Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, tried to destroy a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day by injecting chemicals into a package of pentrite explosive concealed in his underwear.

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

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