单词 | semtex |
释义 | Semtexn. A malleable, more or less odourless plastic explosive, manufactured in several grades and known largely through its use by terrorists. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > plastic explosive plastic explosive1907 PE1949 plastic1966 plastique1968 Semtex1985 1985 N.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. 1987 Los 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. 1988 Daily 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. 1989 Japan Times 20 May 6/3 The sweet, fudge-like confectionery was found to contain Semtex plastic explosive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1985 |
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