detonation

Example Sentences

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A remote detonation robot device was used for the safe destruction of the tool bag.

From Washington Times

As neighbours hurriedly packed up to leave amid detonations and gunfire, Adam found herself alone.

From Reuters

SpaceX called the detonation a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" — a joke that has been made in this industry since at least the '60s, a tongue-in-cheek way of saying, "that looked expensive."

From Salon

In persisting ceasefire violations that the United States called worrying, heavy gunfire and detonations rattled residential neighbourhoods of the capital region where fighting has been concentrated over the past week.

From Reuters

They left in their wake two large black plumes rising from the detonations.

From New York Times