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Semtex, n.|ˈsɛmtɛks|
[Commercial name given by manufacturer, prob. f. the name of Semtín, a village in E. Bohemia, Czech Republic, where it is made, + -ex, perh. repr. the initial syllable of explosive or export.]
A malleable, more or less odourless plastic explosive, manufactured in several grades and known largely through its use by terrorists.
1985N.Y. Times 9 Dec. a7/1 Police officials told Agence France-Presse that the explosive might have been Semtex, which they called the ‘signature’ explosive of Middle Eastern terrorist groups. 1987Los Angeles Times 15 May i. 13/6 Manufactured in Czechoslovakia and known commercially as Semtex, the explosives were also used in several letter bombs sent recently to senior British civil servants in London. 1988Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 1/7 The Czechs were replying to a Foreign Office request for help in fighting terrorism and in tracing the growing consignments of Semtex reaching the IRA from Col Gaddafi of Libya. 1989Japan Times 20 May 6/3 The sweet, fudge-like confectionery was found to contain Semtex plastic explosive. |