Examples of trinitrotoluene in a Sentence
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The United States has relied on TNT, or trinitrotoluene, for military and civil mining as well as construction.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
Years ago, plant biologists noticed that trinitrotoluene (TNT, an explosive) builds up in root tissues, choking plants.
—WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
For three years during the Second World War, Plum Brook manufactured explosives, namely trinitrotoluene (TNT), dinitrotoluene (DNT), and pentolite.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
The patrollers load their packs with explosives — cast boosters of Pentolite, a mix of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and trinitrotoluene, or TNT — and tiptoe into avalanche terrain.
—Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2017
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
Years ago, plant biologists noticed that trinitrotoluene (TNT, an explosive) builds up in root tissues, choking plants.
—WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
For three years during the Second World War, Plum Brook manufactured explosives, namely trinitrotoluene (TNT), dinitrotoluene (DNT), and pentolite.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2019
The patrollers load their packs with explosives — cast boosters of Pentolite, a mix of pentaerythritol tetranitrate and trinitrotoluene, or TNT — and tiptoe into avalanche terrain.
—Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2017
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“Trinitrotoluene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trinitrotoluene. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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trinitrotoluene
noun
tri·ni·tro·tol·u·ene
ˌtrī-ˌnī-trō-ˈtäl-yə-ˌwēn 
: a flammable toxic compound C7H5N3O6 obtained by nitrating toluene and used as a high explosive and in chemical synthesis
called also TNT
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