plastic explosive
noun
: an explosive that is made of a soft substance like clay that can be formed into different shapes
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Rutherford alleged that Butler was selling large amounts of marijuana, prescription painkillers and steroids, as well as C-4 plastic explosive.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 July 2025
Days later, investigators turned up a fragment of a baggage container bearing traces of Semtex, a plastic explosive.
—Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 July 2025
Days later, investigators turned up a fragment of a baggage container bearing traces of Semtex, a plastic explosive.
—Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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“Plastic explosive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastic%20explosive. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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