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plastic explosive
noun
- a puttylike substance that contains an explosive charge, and is detonated by fuse or by remote control: used especially by terrorists and in guerrilla warfare.
plastic explosive
noun
- an adhesive jelly-like explosive substance
Word History and Origins
Origin of plastic explosive1
Example Sentences
Cash, handguns, grenades, ammunition and plastic explosives were found during the police searches and the police said the New IRA was a line of inquiry.
Two men and a woman have been arrested under the Terrorism Act following the discovery of cash, handguns, grenades, ammunition and plastic explosives.
It could fly more than 40 mph with a brick of plastic explosive attached to its belly, but he still needed to perfect the detonator mechanism.
Both the expert and the diver, who works regularly in the Baltic Sea, insisted a small plastic explosive could do the job, as long as it was placed near a seam of the pipeline.
Someone had broken into his house and blown up a file cabinet with plastic explosives.
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