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Sentence Examples It's up there with inspecting ground zero at a nuclear test facility immediately after a detonation, and just in time for Godzilla. The fire chief and his deputy had reached the pier seconds before the detonation. This group, whoever they are, had a lot of time and funding in order to plan the smuggling and detonation of one thousand pounds of plastique. The detonation of an atomic bomb above Hiroshima was the starting gun for modern Japan. The detonation of a nuclear bomb over a target such as a populated city causes immense damage. The subsequent detonation of a nuclear device in 1974 was testament to the strengthening of India's nuclear options. Put simply, the only choice an officer may have may be to shoot to kill in order to prevent the detonation of a device. An American soldier's hand held video camera captured the detonation of an Improvised Explosive Device. The construction of a car bomb and its detonation outside the Australian embassy gates required money, expertise and a large amount of planning. Samizdata reminds us that on July 16, 1945, at Alamogordo, New Mexico, the Trinity test saw the Earth's first detonation of a nuclear device. Iam brought several pounds of plastic explosives and detonation devices with him to sabotage the plant when the time came. The natural reluctance of rescuers to get close enough to ground zero after a nuclear detonation to be much use to survivors is another. In the blinding glare of its detonation, everything seemed miraculously clear. It took the detonation from his mercury fulminate blasting cap to initiate the explosion. A conventional bomb has a casing containing explosives, a detonation or ignition system, and an initiation device or fuse. Even this development necessitated the continued use of the proximity fuze in the control of its point of detonation. We'll hear about detonation, secondary explosion effects, metal fatigue or misalignment of the planets. The site claims, in the event of a detonation, you should take shelter, gain distance and minimize your exposure time. Its shells contain fuel-air explosives that on detonation form a ball of fire, creating a powerful blast effect. By the end of the vignette, when the bombs are placed and we are waiting for detonation, the tension is almost unbearable. Show More Sentences The grain structure of the metal is stretched and torn, not sheared off as it would be from a true detonation. He mentions the atomic bomb detonation in Japan, which seems later to have saved their lives by ending the war at last. Those shells contain napalm and leave traces of luminescent phosphorus on the site of detonation. He recalled, almost apologetically, how beautiful the atom bomb was, marveling at how every color imaginable burst forth upon detonation. I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing. Then there was a detonation, loud and deep, near enough to consume all the information around him. And just very late in the afternoon, just before sunset, there was a loud detonation not far from this hotel. They somehow got a direct hit on one of our explosive dumps which exploded with a detonation louder than anything I ever heard. Who knows what kind of impact it would have if atomic detonation shockwave combined with lethal radiations combed through the world below them. There is no propeller blade downwash, which reduces the probability of an accidental mine detonation. Regardless of whether it concerns volatile or solid substances, chemical explosives decompose into gas on detonation. Explosives experts refer to rapid explosive reactions as detonation and slower explosive reactions as deflagration. Its high octane rating delivers strong engine performance by helping engines resist detonation so they can run higher compression ratios. I froze, gaping for a second until the sound of the detonation, a sharp pop at that distance, shook me out of it. A live television camera and halogenic headlights allow positive identification of the target prior to detonation. In a fission bomb, the fuel must be kept in separate subcritical masses, which will not support fission, to prevent premature detonation. This material was used to blow up the Pan Am airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1987, and can also be used as the explosive charge in the detonation of a nuclear device. Made in the 1952 detonation of the first thermonuclear bomb, the element fermium has since sat in a corner of the periodic table where few tools of chemistry reach. In February it tested a nuclear device, North Korea's third and most successful detonation. This feat means triggering the detonation about two milliseconds after the bomb hits the ceiling above the doomed storey. Show More Sentences Because the mixture is homogenous, the compression ratio can be increased without fear of detonation, and there is no need for a throttle valve in the intake air stream. The numerical results demonstrate the evolution of cellular cell bifurcation of cylindrical detonation, and indicate that new cellular cells are generated from the self-organized transverse waves. From two-dimensional simulations, it was shown that detonation instabilities manifest themselves by a characteristic cellular structure comprised of transverse waves sweeping across the detonation front. And will he be able to cope with the unintended results which the last time included the detonation of nuclear weapons? None of the spark plugs exhibited any evidence of pre-ignition or detonation. In all three cases, the detonation was probably triggered by a remote control device. If PRISM could move the spark, control when peak pressures occurred and prevent detonation from progressing to pre-ignition, perhaps it could also handle lower-octane fuels. In a similar category to ignition hazards, is the possible detonation of explosive materials. The detonation of an unexploded bomb discovered along with the German skeletons sends its fragments across the town, causing damage that is more symbolic than physical. Rowntree, courtesy of Saturday's spectacular detonation of the Irish scrum, is a cast-iron certainty to stay on. Use of similar materials to cause deliberate outbreaks of infectious disease could prove equally if not more lethal than a nuclear detonation. The explosive event was prone to the channeling of detonation products, the venting of pressure fields and the release of conical ejecta flows. The use of plutonium would lead to only a small detonation on the scale of a conventional explosion. A 14-year-old boy, Husam Abdu, trying to cross the Hawarah checkpoint near Nablus, was found to be wearing a vest filled with explosives ready for detonation. On 10 February 2006, a KEK tower in the vicinity of Strpce was damaged by the detonation of an explosive device. In midafternoon we actually felt the detonation of two bombs a couple of miles away. The detonation occurred just after Ms. Chidiac had gotten into her vehicle. The complexes were designed to withstand the nearby detonation of a Soviet nuclear warhead. Mine clearance machines are those machines whose stated purpose is the detonation, destruction or removal of landmines. Other times, depending on the casement, whether it is plastic or metal, especially metal, it will do low order detonation, or what we call deflagration. Show More Sentences The pistol is surrounded by a regulator of sound making it possible to strongly reduce the detonation. Prevent deflagration or detonation that could jeopardize the integrity or leak tightness of the containment. The first was an open switch in the detonation circuit closed by hydrostatic pressure. Seven men drowned when the Richard Bulkeley was sunk by a mine detonation on 12 July. In 2006, Canadian Forces deployed in Afghanistan suffered a number of casualties from close-in detonation of IEDs targeting mounted and dismounted troops. According to press reports, dozens of civilians have been killed in Kosovo since the end of the air campaign by the accidental detonation of unexploded cluster bomblets and landmines. The blast countermined the second and third buoys and, before they had time to escape, Captain W. H. Allison and three of the crew were killed in a detonation which demolished the upper works of the ship. It has to be stated that such an album, whatever much of a sharp flair Galileo Records' boss has, appears as useful as foam atop waves or as the detonation following a lightning strike. Does the self-destruct mechanism initiate the full detonation of the submunition or does it prevent full explosion by initiating a smaller or partial detonation? Unfortunately in the case of terrorist actors, unlike state actors, possessing a nuclear weapon probably has only one purpose: for detonation into a visible mushroom cloud. It was quite possible to watch the shells falling: inconceivably swift dots of black, rushing earthwards with plumes of smoke and dust following their detonation. In slapper detonators, the explosive vaporization of the electrical conductor drives a flyer or slapper across a gap, and the impact of the slapper on an explosive starts a chemical detonation. Functionally they are quite different in that an electric detonation is initiated by an electric charge, whereas an electronic detonator is initiated by a specifically coded signal sent to an integrated microprocessor. The detonation of firearms, the tread of man and hound, when too frequent, lead animals to abandon their customary abodes in search of peace and quiet elsewhere. Electronic jamming equipment specially designed to prevent the detonation by radio remote control of improvised devices and specially designed components therefor. Female suicide bombers believed to be acting for the group launched a series of attacks in markets, while another detonation was reported at a bus station. The knock-on detonation of warheads and fuel, they say, accounts for the massive explosion described by residents as an earthquake that shook Damascus over the weekend. Shortly after the bomb exploded, a photographer from New York city's police department snapped a shot of ground zero, the spot of the bomb's detonation. Manufacturers should ensure that all high nitrogen content ammonium nitrate fertilisers have passed a test of resistance to detonation before those fertilisers are placed on the market. After the nuclear warheads and the detonation device had been removed, the destruction of the missiles involved disposing of not only the missile bodies but also the fuel. Show More Sentences The treaty calls for the establishment of 11 hydroacoustic stations capable of detecting underwater sounds that may indicate that a nuclear detonation has occurred either under water or on nearby land. Because there was no source of friction or heat in the immediate vicinity, it is likely that the detonation occurred when the metal cage made contact with the explosive material on the tank top. The packages contained a small amount of explosives with an altimeter detonation device set to explode when the aircraft descended below 500 feet on its final approach to the airport. Therefore destruction of ammunition by detonation takes place only in urgent cases and in open spaces, whereas in all other cases, other methods that are environment-friendly are used. Ammonium nitrate fertilisers should therefore meet certain requirements when placed on the market to ensure that they are safe against accidental detonation. During rigorous testing, the barriers demonstrated their strength by withstanding explosive blasts, machine gun fire, grenade detonation and high-speed vehicle collision. It is unfortunate that the wheels of these detonation trailers have only been loaded to about 36 per cent of the typical wheel loads of the heavy trucks. The first detonation, codenamed Operation Hurricane, occurred on 3 October 1952, in a shallow bay on Trimouille Island. Hydrogen detonation parameters, such as critical detonation pressure and temperature, strongly depend on the container geometry. The resulting detonation threw Moon off his drum riser and his arm was cut by flying cymbal shrapnel. Like an underwater detonation, the pool was afroth with flapping and splashing. It further establishes that all land belongs to the state, and prohibits the storage and detonation of nuclear products. I will use the Priscilla event as a representative example of a thermally precursed blast wave from a nuclear detonation. Fragmentation is the accumulation and projection of particles as the result of a high explosives detonation. Krytrons are sophisticated triggers for the detonation of nuclear bombs. Back in 2011, he attributed the red colour with natural nuclear reaction or a nuclear device detonation. The purpose of the donor charge is to impart sufficient energy into the UXO explosives charge in order to cause a sympathetic detonation. Electromagnetic pulse is a radiated electromagnetic field, typically generated and associated with a nuclear detonation. The target was then detected using an active RF proximity fuze that determined the optimal detonation time for the warhead. Countermining sequences initiated by destruction of a swept mine causing detonation of an undetected mine closer to one of the minesweepers were another source of damage. Show More Sentences In this satirical detonation of neo-con ideology, rendered in Behrman's trademark austere and evocative style, a teenager named Ernest tries to survive that very predicament. The Dart contains a proximity fuse for anti-air and anti-surface duties, as well as impact and delayedimpact options, plus time and airburst detonation. Insensitive munitions are designed to resist unplanned detonation by fast or slow cook-of, bullet impact, fragment impact, shaped charge jet impact or sympathetic detonation. The six tests normally include fast cookoff, slow cookoff, sympathetic detonation, bullet-impact, fragment-impact, and shape-charge jet impact tests. The explosion under the target's keel would create a detonation shock wave, which could cause a ship's hull to rupture under the concussive water pressure. The latter was the largest bomb detonation in Great Britain since the end of the Second World War, and damaged or destroyed much of central Manchester. After inspecting the box, military experts found out it was a gas bottle set for remote detonation, and they worked on dismantling it and transporting it to a safe place. He went on to reveal that government experts were stunned because they did not know that sustained detonation or uncurved brisance explosives were even possible. Twisted John Larsen, 46, made a string of potentially lethal bombs, packed with shrapnel and ball bearings that flew up to 100ft after detonation. At this stage a detonation should be heard through the hull and, where the water depth is shallower than 30metres, a water spout may also be witnessed. From the measurements, coils were placed and coil currents determined to minimize the chance of detonation for any ship at any heading at any latitude. Examples from Classical Literature Tests have shown that, insofar as ease of detonation is concerned, 1,2-butylene oxide is similar to propylene 30 oxide. Placed on burning coals, they decrepitate on drying, and produce a species of explosion or detonation. The detonation of a cartridge or so when a bombardment is going on, what does it count for? It was not the shouts of men, nor the detonation of guns, nor the pealing of the thunder. But it was not a detonation like that of the report of a rifle or revolver. Then, afresh, I saw them look in their knapsacks, and next I heard a detonation. Shagarach started to raise her, but the terrible detonation of a pistol rung out, sacrilegiously invading their quietude. In that year, too, tests were made at Eniwetok preliminary to the detonation of the first thermonuclear device. Insofar as ease of detonation is concerned, 1,2-butylene oxide has about 65 the same explosive limits as propylene oxide. He shuddered at the thought of the havoc which its detonation would cause. The silence which followed the detonation of the exploding torpedo was almost equally horrifying. As if in answer, a great screaming roar went up, dim with distance, punctuated with detonation after detonation. The detonation that followed startled him out of his self-possession. Ah, there was another detonation, and then a long-drawn-out rumble! No detonation was heard in the inside, for there was no air. A detonation, loud as a hundred peals of thunder, rent the air. It startled him more than the small and distant detonation that had come just before. 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