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maximite
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid, used to detonate shells and torpedoes.
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Origin
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late 19th century; earliest use found in The Daily News. Probably from the name of Hudson Maxim, U.S. inventor of this and other explosives (and brother of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim) + -ite
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