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"McConnell was instrumental in blocking previous attempts at gun control \u2013weapons bans, background checks, red flags for mental health cases, ammunition magazine restrictions, gun sale loopholes \u2013 when calls arose after previous mass shootings. \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"McConnell was instrumental in blocking previous attempts at gun control \u2014 weapons bans, background checks, red flags for mental health cases, ammunition magazine restrictions, gun sale loopholes \u2014 when calls arose after previous mass shootings. \u2014 Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal , 27 May 2022",
"The justices have been asked to hear cases challenging limits on ammunition magazine capacities in New Jersey and California as well as a challenge to Maryland's assault weapons ban. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, ajc , 26 May 2022",
"The justices have been asked to hear cases challenging limits on ammunition magazine capacities in New Jersey and California as well as a challenge to Maryland's assault weapons ban. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, Chron , 26 May 2022",
"The justices have been asked to hear cases challenging limits on ammunition magazine capacities in New Jersey and California as well as a challenge to Maryland\u2019s assault weapons ban. \u2014 Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News , 26 May 2022",
"Harper called for backup and was joined by Foerster, who found an ammunition magazine for an automatic pistol on Acoli, according to news reports of the trial and Acoli\u2019s appeals. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Russia maintains that the was stricken by an accidental fire in an ammunition magazine. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 6 May 2022"
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"Ukrainian authorities also said Russia shelled a chemical plant outside the eastern city of Sumy, sending toxic ammonia leaking from a 50-ton tank, and hit a military training base in the Rivne region of western Ukraine with cruise missiles. \u2014 Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"Its voltage controller also transfers a consistent stream of energy to your device, and a digital ammeter provides information about amperage for charging speed. \u2014 Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics , 2 July 2020",
"Start hunting by putting your ammeter in series with the battery's ground circuit. \u2014 Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics , 26 Jan. 2017",
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"Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate air bags in a crash. \u2014 Tom Krisher, Star Tribune , 19 Jan. 2021",
"Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate air bags in a crash. \u2014 Tom Krisher, ajc , 19 Jan. 2021",
"Beirutis are still astonished by the destruction wrought across much of the capital by the explosion at a warehouse storing ammonium nitrate . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2020",
"There was something that detonated this ammonium nitrate . \u2014 Rasha Aridi, Science | AAAS , 4 Sep. 2020",
"Several of the largest accidental explosions and terrorist acts in history, including the 1947 Texas City disaster and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, involved ammonium nitrate . \u2014 Popular Science , 7 Aug. 2020",
"In 2014, a truck carrying ammonium nitrate exploded in Wyandra after rolling, destroying a bridge. \u2014 Laura Smith-spark And Sam Kiley, CNN , 5 Aug. 2020",
"But industrial accidents involving ammonium nitrate have been responsible for even greater disasters. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 5 Aug. 2020",
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"Tetro says to look for active ingredients such as bleach, hydrogen peroxide, quaternary ammonium chloride , and phenolics. \u2014 Rachel Chang, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Apr. 2020",
"The candy\u2019s elements\u2014licorice, salt, and, no joke, ammonium chloride \u2014hit your tongue, throat, and nose in various combinations as the black morsel dissolves in your mouth over the course of a minute or two. \u2014 Wired , 5 Nov. 2019"
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"High in ammonium , magnesium, and phosphorus, the crystals are rich in nutrients and, importantly, slow to dissolve\u2014slower even than synthetic slow-release fertilizer, says Inglett. \u2014 Jesse Kathan, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2022",
"The types of clouds on Jupiter are highly dependent on the chemical that forms them, with the three main cloud layers coming from ammonia (the top layer), ammonium hydrosulfide (a stinky middle layer), and water (a bottom layer). \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"In some editions Friday, a Ukraine Crisis article about fertilizer prices incorrectly referred to it as ammonium . \u2014 WSJ , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Its conditioning properties come from behentrimonium chloride, an ammonium salt that King says is an effective conditioner for detangling and smoothing the hair. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Two disinfectants known to be sprayed at Glades are called Mint and Maxim Neutral, and their ingredients that have raised concern are known as quaternary ammonium compounds, or QACs. \u2014 Matthew Phelan, Scientific American , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Salicylic acid can be too harsh for dry skin, as can parabens, sodium laurel sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, and some types of alcohol. \u2014 Rachel Nussbaum, Health.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Scientists think its color may be the result of sunlight changing the chemical composition of the clouds of the ammonia, ammonium hydrosulfide and water it\u2019s probably made of. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The court probe centers on hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrates that had been improperly stored at a port warehouse that detonated on August 4, 2020, killing at least 215 people, injuring thousands and destroying parts of nearby neighborhoods. \u2014 NBC News , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"The couple, who own a farm in nearby Hays, had previously collected ammonites and tiny bones while hiking through the shortgrass prairie. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
"In addition, the amber contained the shells of squid-like critters called ammonites , which also lived in the sea. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Giant mollusks with flanged shells that looked like alien cruisers disappeared forever, and many species of nautilus-like cephalopods called ammonites also went extinct. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Dec. 2019",
"The download browser also features the fossilized jaw and skull of an unnamed dolphin species, the skull of a shrub ox unearthed in New Mexico\u2019s Carlsbad Caverns, and a Jurassic Period ammonite . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 27 Nov. 2019",
"But despite centuries of research, many mysteries still surround ammonites . \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 13 May 2019",
"The Earp homestead is built on a bedrock of ammonite , which acts as a powerful revenant repellant. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Oct. 2018",
"In some cases -- some extremely rare cases -- ammonites can fetch between $40,000 to $50,000. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2018",
"What the girl had found was the fossil of an ammonite , a sea creature that went the way of the dinosaurs millions of years ago. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2018"
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"New Latin, from Ammi , type genus + -aceae":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220103"
},
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"geographical name"
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"city and capital of Jordan northeast of the Dead Sea population 627,505":[]
},
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"-\u02c8man",
"a-",
"\u00e4-\u02c8m\u00e4n"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225111"
},
"ammonium thioglycolate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a colorless crystalline salt NH 4 OOCH 2 SH used in setting cold waves":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225348"
},
"ammine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a molecule of ammonia as it exists in a coordination complex":[
"hex- ammine- cobalt chloride Co(NH 3 ) 6 Cl 3"
],
": a compound that contains an ammine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-\u02ccm\u0113n",
"a-\u02c8m\u0113n"
],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"borrowed from German Ammine, from Amm oniak ammonia + -ine -ine entry 2":""
},
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"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225512"
},
"ammonium perchlorate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a crystalline salt NH 4 ClO 4 used chiefly as an oxidizer in explosives, in fireworks, and solid propellant systems for rockets":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235037"
},
"ammoniac plant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tall Persian herb ( Dorema ammoniacum ) of the family Umbelliferae whose milky juice yields ammoniac":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003952"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral consisting of hydrous ammonium borite (NH 4 ) 2 B 10 O 16 \u00b75H 2 O found at Larderello, Italy":[]
},
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"\u0259\u02ccm\u014dn\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d-"
],
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"ammoni- + borite":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-013904"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form"
],
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": of or relating to compounds considered as bearing to ammonia relations analogous to those that certain other compounds bear to water":[
"lithium amide LiNH 2 is an ammono base"
],
"\u2014 compare aquo":[
"lithium amide LiNH 2 is an ammono base"
],
": ammonia":[
"ammono lysis"
],
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"\u2014 in names of chemical compounds ammono carbonic acid HN=C(NH 2 ) 2"
],
"\u2014 compare aquo- sense 2":[
"\u2014 in names of chemical compounds ammono carbonic acid HN=C(NH 2 ) 2"
]
},
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"\u0259\u02c8m\u014d(\u02cc)n\u014d"
],
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"ammono-":"Adjective",
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from ammonia":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023818"
},
"ammonia dynamite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": dynamite sense 1c":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033644"
},
"ammonia gelatin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an explosive of the gelatin dynamite class containing ammonium nitrate":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042544"
},
"ammonia liquor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1773, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043652"
},
"ammonium sulfate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a colorless crystalline salt (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 used chiefly as a fertilizer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ReencleMicrobe mix at the heart of this process contains rice husks, vermiculite, nonpathogenic bacillus bacteria, ammonium sulfate , and wood pellets, according to the company. \u2014 Richard Baguley, Wired , 31 Mar. 2022",
"For example, ammonium sulfate is usually sold as 21-0-0 (sometimes as 20-0-0). \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Gardeners often apply fertilizer to their crops in mid-summer with a cup of ammonium sulfate (21-0-0), a cup and a third of calcium nitrate (15-0-0), or about half a cup of urea (46-0-0) per 10 feet of row. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 July 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate, iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate . \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate, iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate . \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Kowalewski recommends sulfate products such as ferrous sulfate, iron sulfate and ammonium sulfate . \u2014 oregonlive , 18 Apr. 2021",
"It would be used to trigger a chemical reaction that converts nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides into ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate . \u2014 Andrea Willige, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2021",
"Dissolving them in salt water or ammonium sulfate solutions, and then precipitating them out with oxalic acid or ammonium bicarbonate \u2013 inexpensive chemicals \u2013 does the trick. \u2014 Willy Shih, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021"
": of or relating to compounds considered as bearing to ammonia relations analogous to those that certain other compounds bear to water":[
"lithium amide LiNH 2 is an ammono base"
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"lithium amide LiNH 2 is an ammono base"
],
": ammonia":[
"ammono lysis"
],
": derived from ammonia":[
"\u2014 in names of chemical compounds ammono carbonic acid HN=C(NH 2 ) 2"
],
"\u2014 compare aquo- sense 2":[
"\u2014 in names of chemical compounds ammono carbonic acid HN=C(NH 2 ) 2"
]
},
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"\u0259\u02c8m\u014d(\u02cc)n\u014d"
],
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"ammono-":"Adjective",
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from ammonia":"Combining form"
},
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102133"
},
"Ammonian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to Ammonius of Alexandria, reputed author of a harmony of the Gospels and a work on the agreement of the teachings of Moses and Jesus":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8m\u014dn\u0113\u0259n",
"-ny\u0259n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Ammoni us, 3d century Alexandrian Christian philosopher + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1793, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104330"
},
"ammonia nitrogen":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": nitrogen combined in the form of ammonia or ammonium":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110625"
},
"Ammonite":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a subclass (Ammonoidea) of extinct cephalopods especially abundant in the Mesozoic age that had flat spiral shells with the interior divided by septa into chambers":[],
": a member of a Semitic people who in Old Testament times lived east of the Jordan between the Jabbok and the Arnon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The couple, who own a farm in nearby Hays, had previously collected ammonites and tiny bones while hiking through the shortgrass prairie. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
"In addition, the amber contained the shells of squid-like critters called ammonites , which also lived in the sea. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 11 Mar. 2020",
"Giant mollusks with flanged shells that looked like alien cruisers disappeared forever, and many species of nautilus-like cephalopods called ammonites also went extinct. \u2014 National Geographic , 18 Dec. 2019",
"The download browser also features the fossilized jaw and skull of an unnamed dolphin species, the skull of a shrub ox unearthed in New Mexico\u2019s Carlsbad Caverns, and a Jurassic Period ammonite . \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian , 27 Nov. 2019",
"But despite centuries of research, many mysteries still surround ammonites . \u2014 Michael Greshko, National Geographic , 13 May 2019",
"The Earp homestead is built on a bedrock of ammonite , which acts as a powerful revenant repellant. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 2 Oct. 2018",
"In some cases -- some extremely rare cases -- ammonites can fetch between $40,000 to $50,000. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2018",
"What the girl had found was the fossil of an ammonite , a sea creature that went the way of the dinosaurs millions of years ago. \u2014 CNN , 21 Mar. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin ammonites , from Latin cornu Ammonis , literally, horn of Ammon":"Noun",
"Late Latin Ammonites , from Hebrew \u02bdAmm\u014dn Ammon (son of Lot), descendant of Ammon":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1726, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1530, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121033"
},
"Amman":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"city and capital of Jordan northeast of the Dead Sea population 627,505":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"a-",
"\u00e4-\u02c8m\u00e4n",
"-\u02c8man"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-123225"
},
"ammino":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or characteristic of an ammine":[],
": ammine":[
"ammino chloride"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u02c8m\u0113(\u02cc)n\u014d",
"\u02c8am\u0259\u02ccn\u014d",
"a\u02c8-"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ammino-":"Adjective",
"probably from German, from ammin ammine":"Combining form"
},
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"1897, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142616"
},
"ammoniojarosite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of the jarosite group of minerals in which ammonium replaces potassium":[]
