blasting gelatin

[ blas-ting jel-uh-tn, blahs‐ ]

noun

1. a type of plastic dynamite containing about 7 percent of nitrocellulose, used chiefly in underwater work.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blasting gelatin¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials also found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected of being used by those involved in the Easter attacks.

From Fox News

In the same area, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said officers acting on information from intelligence officials found 150 sticks of blasting gelatin and 100,000 small metal balls, as well as a van and clothing suspected to be used by those involved in the Easter attack.

From Washington Times

Marine "Gunny" Deacon Arnold concocts anti-invasion mines with blasting gelatin stuffed into lengths of sewer pipe.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1934 he got a summer job tossing hunks of blasting gelatin from a whaleboat off the East Coast so that the recorded shock waves could be used to study the sediments on the bottom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The "blasting gelatin" thus discovered proved to be so insensitive to shock that it could be safely transported or fired from a cannon.

From Project Gutenberg