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n. - A heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid

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  • Chemical explosives such as nitroglycerine were developed and their connection with the Nobel Prize is well known.
  • Those taking nitrate medications, such as nitroglycerine, to treat chest pain, or alpha blockers for blood pressure.
  • "nitroglycerine" quote made it into every UK newspaper, from the broadsheets to the red-tops.
  • "But there's no nitroglycerine," Cooper protested.
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