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ANFO

  • /ˈænfoʊ/

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of ammonium nitrate–fuel oil, an explosive made from ammonium nitrate fertilizer and fuel oil. The trouble, say experts who spoke on condition of anonymity, is that ANFO can be made in many different ways, and analyses of the minute molecular fragments it may yield in an explosion can produce ambiguous results.

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noun ammonium nitrate fuel oil explosive

日本語硝安油剤爆薬 shōan yuzai bakuyaku

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@misc{anfo_2026,
  title = {ANFO},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anfo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}