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semtex

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Sem⋅tex

  [sem-teks]
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–noun
a plastic explosive that is easily tractable and almost odorless, used esp. by terrorists.
Origin:
1980–85; name given by the manufacturer; prob. from Semt(ín), town in the Czech Republic where it is made + ex(plosive)
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Sem·tex   (sěm'těks')   
n.  A highly malleable plastic explosive.

[ Semt(ín), village in the Czech Republic where the explosive is manufactured + English ex(plosive).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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