Torpex

Torpex
/tawr"peks/, n.
(sometimes l.c.) a high explosive made of TNT, cyclonite, and aluminum powder and used esp. in torpedoes, mines, and depth bombs.
[1945-50; TORP(EDO) + EX(PLOSIVE)]

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