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ammonal

/ˈa.mə.nal/ UK

Where it comes from

From ammon(ium) + al(uminium).

noun ammonals

An explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder. Our greatest trial was the German canister. It was a two-gallon drum with a cylinder containing about two pounds of an explosive called ammonal that looked like salmon paste, smelled like marzipan, and when it went off sounded like the Day of judgment.

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noun explosive

Español	amonal
中文	阿芒拿爾 /阿芒拿尔 āmángná‘ěr
Português	amonal
Italiano	ammonal

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"ammonal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ammonal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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ammonal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ammonal

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"ammonal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ammonal.

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@misc{ammonal_2026,
  title = {ammonal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ammonal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}