noun
- Plural of amatol; explosive mixtures containing ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in military and industrial applications.
Usage: technical; chiefly historical
Examples
- Amatols were widely used as military explosives during World War I.
- The composition of amatols made them more stable than pure TNT.
- Industrial mining operations sometimes employed amatols for blasting.
- Different ratios of ammonium nitrate and TNT created various grades of amatols.