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Meaning of Co-op mix | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A mixture of sodium chlorate and nitrobenzene used in making improvised bombs during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Ireland, UK, uncountable

Examples

“We found one once, 550lbs of Co-Op mixand we found the firing position, on our side of the border. So I stood on this bloody thing […]”
Disrupting Co-op mix devices by burning off the mixture by the use of low-velocity bullets proved ineffective […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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