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Definition of Plastic explosive
1. Noun. An explosive material that is easily molded around the object it is intended to destroy.
Definition of Plastic explosive
1. Noun. Any of a number of explosive materials formulated to be soft and hand malleable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plastic Explosive
Literary usage of Plastic explosive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Land Mines in Angola by Africa Watch Committee (1993)
"These devices are typically improvised from plastic explosive. An indication of
the emphasis placed on improvised devices by South African units operating ..."
2. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"Wrappers on these lines, containing a plastic explosive, could be easily developed,
but it is doubtful if a highly plastic explosive ..."
3. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1992)
"Unusually low nitrogen density for a plastic explosive: 18 percent by weight (compare
with RDX). Primary ingredient of military plastic explosives known as ..."
4. Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: Public Law 104-132 by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"... subsections: "(p) 'Detection agent' means any one of the substances specified
in this subsection when introduced into a plastic explosive or formulated ..."
5. The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation Into Laboratory Practices and Alleged by Michael R. Bromwich (1998)
"A. It is a molded type of explosive and generally characterized as a military
explosive when someone talks about a plastic explosive. ..."
6. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"... less considerable resistance being opposed to the mechanical dispersion of
Ihe plastic explosive substances, ..."
7. Land Mines in Angola by Africa Watch Committee (1993)
"These devices are typically improvised from plastic explosive. An indication of
the emphasis placed on improvised devices by South African units operating ..."
8. Bulletin by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (1904)
"Wrappers on these lines, containing a plastic explosive, could be easily developed,
but it is doubtful if a highly plastic explosive ..."
9. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1992)
"Unusually low nitrogen density for a plastic explosive: 18 percent by weight (compare
with RDX). Primary ingredient of military plastic explosives known as ..."
10. Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: Public Law 104-132 by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"... subsections: "(p) 'Detection agent' means any one of the substances specified
in this subsection when introduced into a plastic explosive or formulated ..."
11. The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation Into Laboratory Practices and Alleged by Michael R. Bromwich (1998)
"A. It is a molded type of explosive and generally characterized as a military
explosive when someone talks about a plastic explosive. ..."
12. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1879)
"... less considerable resistance being opposed to the mechanical dispersion of
Ihe plastic explosive substances, ..."
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