Nitric acid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO₃; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis. uncountable

    "Instantly a little vapour arose from it, as happens when one disturbs nitric acid, and this sight did not increase my hopes, already faint enough, of the efficacy of the treatment."

  2. 2
    acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels wordnet

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