C4

noun

1. a type of plastic explosive

Word History and Origins

Origin of C4¹

C20: from C(omposition) 4

Example Sentences

An MRI revealed that a bone spur had developed in her spinal column creating a spinal compression in the C4 vertebrate capable of radiating pain throughout her body, making surgery necessary to mitigate the pain and protect her spinal cord.

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The mother of another girl who was stabbed but survived the attack, refered to as child C4, also gave evidence.

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She said C4 now "spends her young life scanning her surroundings for danger" and that the once strong bond she had with her father is now damaged as their daughter finds it "difficult to trust men".

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“It was not severed, but it was injured, and was injured at the top of his spinal cord, at the area of C3 and C4 that also controls his diaphragm,” Streit said, noting that Prager could not move below his shoulders at the time.

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His car, a grey-coloured Citroen C4 was found parked in the layby on the A675, near to Tockholes Road.

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