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Fulminate of mercury   /fˈʊlmənˌeɪt əv mˈərkjəri/   Listen
Fulminate of mercury

noun
1.
A fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps.  Synonyms: fulminating mercury, mercury fulminate.





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... always put his head down, and the helm with it. It seemed wisest to let him do one unaccustomed thing at a time. I did not care to try to talk with any of his men, because that might possibly have been a breach of etiquette. Arab jealousy is about as quick as fulminate of mercury: as unreasonable, from a western viewpoint, as ...
— Jimgrim and Allah's Peace • Talbot Mundy


Words linked to "Fulminate of mercury" :   blasting cap, fulminate, percussion cap


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