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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A highly malleable plastic explosive.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[ Semt(ín), village in the Czech Republic where the explosive is manufactured + English ex(plosive).]

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