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RDX,

a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C₃H₆N₆O₆, used chiefly in bombs and shells. Also called cyclonite, cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine.

R(esearch) Dutch(epartment) (English)x(plosive), referring to such a department in Woolwich, England 1940–45

'RDX' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

cyclonite - cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine - hexamethylenetetramine

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