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nitroglycerin

nahy trohg li suh ruhn

  • n  a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)

  • In his protean variety, his febrile energy (which could have come from his lifelong habit of popping nitroglycerin pills for a dicey heart), his incessant self-celebration and his .
  • Engineers have increased the flow of these wells by fracturing the surrounding rockeiter by forcing fluid under high pressure! into the well or by underground nitroglycerin .
  • Six of the surviving women have switched to jobs that involve no contact with nitroglycerin.
News & Articles

  • Lebanon seizes bomb-laden car, arrests four
    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces seized a car loaded with explosives and arrested four men suspected of preparing bombs, days after a deadly bombing in southern Beirut, security sources said on Sunday. The car was discovered on Saturday about 15 km (10 miles) south of the capital in Naameh, laden with five containers of TNT as well as nitroglycerin, they said. The four men were being ...
    Aug. 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Virgil in Topeka Capital Journal
    After reading through this report, I had to take a couple nitroglycerin tablets and go lay down,said Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, a member of the Legislative Post Audit Committee that received the results.
  • Joseph Mercola in Sun.Star
    Unless you have nitroglycerin, insulin and liquid antibiotics, you can pretty much be assured that your medication expires years beyond the date it says it does,notes Dr Joseph Mercola.
  • Adam Putnam in FOXNews
    That's like trying to break-dance around nitroglycerin,Putnam said.

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