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semtex

UK/ˈsɛm.tɛks/

semtex noun: a highly malleable general-purpose plastic explosive.

Noun

semtex (uncountable)

  1. A highly malleable general-purpose plastic explosive.

Verb

semtex (third-person singular simple present semtexes, present participle semtexing, simple past and past participle semtexed)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To use semtex to destroy (something).

Forms of semtex

third-person singular presentsemtexes
present participlesemtexing
past participlesemtexed
pastsemtexed

Origin of semtex

Genericized trademark Semtex, derived from the Czech name of the suburb of Pardubice where it was manufactured, Semtín, and ex(plosive).

Questions about semtex

What does semtex mean?
Semtex means a highly malleable general-purpose plastic explosive.
What part of speech is semtex?
Semtex can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce semtex?
Semtex is pronounced /ˈsɛm.tɛks/ (UK).

Words near semtex in the dictionary

  1. semsemias
  2. semseyite
  3. semseyites
  4. semster
  5. semsters
  6. semtex
  7. semtexed
  8. semtexes
  9. semtexing
  10. Semu
  11. semula

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semtex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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