destructive substance
Defined in 3 places of the United States Code.
“Destructive substance” means any explosive substance, flammable material, infernal machine, or other chemical, mechanical, or radioactive device or matter of a combustible, contaminative, corrosive, or explosive nature;
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- 1994–200018 U.S.C. § 31Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions · in this chapter
Destructive substance.—The term “destructive substance” means an explosive substance, flammable material, infernal machine, or other chemical, mechanical, or radioactive device or matter of a combustible, contaminative, corrosive, or explosive nature.
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- 2000–202618 U.S.C. § 31Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions · in this chapter
the term “destructive substance” has the meaning given to that term in section 31 of this title;
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- 2001–present18 U.S.C. § 1993Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Repealed. Pub. L. 109177, title I, 110(a), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 205] · in this section
the term “destructive substance” means an explosive substance, flammable material, infernal machine, or other chemical, mechanical, or radioactive device or material, or matter of a combustible, contaminative, corrosive, or explosive nature, except that the term “radioactive device” does not include any radioactive device or material used solely for medical, industrial, research, or other peaceful purposes;
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- 2006–present18 U.S.C. § 1992Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Terrorist attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air · in this section
The term “destructive substance” means an explosive substance, flammable material, infernal machine, or other chemical, mechanical, or radioactive device or matter of a combustible, contaminative, corrosive, or explosive nature.
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- 2026–present18 U.S.C. § 31Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions · in this chapter