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Sentence Examples The bombardment includes the use of fuel-air explosives, cluster bombs, bunker-busting bombs and carpet-bombing. Some of the explosives were in Christmas tree baubles and contained lead shot, flash powder and propellant, Judge Anthony Ensor was told. While that kind of precision was difficult in 1945, the advent of mouldable plastic explosives and digital timers has rendered it much easier. Energy rifles and sidearms were stacked along one wall, small explosives charges and other weapons stored around the room. A van filled with homemade explosives blasts the federal building in the city. The enemy rained down explosives and incendiary bombs and then dumped barrels of oil onto the flames. So we are presented with the bizarre and bewildering spectacle of American planes dropping explosives and food on Afghanistan at the same time. She said authorities also found in the car automatic rifles, bullet cartridges, plastic explosives and other materials. It said one extremist was arrested and a cache of weapons, explosives and money was found. Their explosives had a time delay trigger to give the divers time to leave the port before exploding. Authorities have also yet to determine the type of explosives used in the explosions. It was not immediately known whether the explosives had been planted in a car or a building. Dogs sniffed them for explosives and bomb squad members blew up at least two bags. He is regarded as an expert on weapons and explosives by those active in circles on the extreme right. One also prohibited the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons. A stolen car was stopped and found to be filled with explosives after two men fled the scene. Rather than give up his explosives, the bomber detonated them, killing himself and the two robbers. The explosives jingled loudly in the night air and the soldier turned in surprise. Highly trained sniffer dogs used to detect explosives could have their snouts put out of joint by pioneering chemical research. Police say a raid of the suspects apartment turned up 200 kilos of explosives and other weapons. Show More Sentences Instead of using explosives to propel a shell out of a gun barrel, a rail gun uses magnetism to speed a projectile along two rails. Their activity picked up and they began putting explosives into bags and readying their weapons. The missiles are filled with volatile rocket fuel and two hundred kilograms of high explosives. One solution is to take plenty of explosives, strap them to every part of the construction and blast it to kingdom come. However, he said there is some concern the explosives could have fallen into the wrong hands. She added that during the operation a number of labs, explosives caches and other materiel had been seized. Detecting drugs, explosives and human remains are all in a day's work for the dogs in the police force. French security sources said that advanced plans had been laid to use a stolen truck or a helicopter loaded with explosives. We had all done a lot of training with explosives and landmines and things. The Vulcan works by firing a projectile at high speed into a landmine, ripping it apart without detonating the explosives. The launches moved to intercept but were no match for the smaller craft, which was loaded with explosives. Acetone is important in the manufacture of artificial fibers, explosives, and polycarbonate resins. If properly mixed the substance can be as lethal as military-grade explosives. It turns out it was a World War Two training shell which had no explosives inside. Miners experienced in working with explosives stole dynamite from their own pits and used it. Now Sam trained them to use explosives, to lay charges of dynamite and use rifles. The offer will not mean a humiliating hand over of rifles, machine guns or explosives. Propellants are the explosives used to fire bullets and shells at enemy targets. The first step has to be the seizing of the illegal firearms and explosives in the country. No explosives were found in the mortar shell and the bomb disposal unit said no-one in the local area was at risk. Show More Sentences Not connecting it this way would make it a bomb stripped of all explosives, a dud. Ten cars packed with explosives were to be parked at the conference precinct in Sandton. This section looked quite unlike the other three, and might have been blown apart by explosives to keep it below reef height. Gold-bearing rock is blown apart by high explosives and small groups of miners then move in to drill at the face. Their murderousness is neither greater nor less than that of the invaders with their napalm, machine-guns and high explosives. Spades, picks, anti-tank rockets, anti-aircraft guns and explosives are being used, he said. After they came ashore, they removed their naval uniforms and buried them along with a supply of explosives and incendiaries. Underwater explosives and limpet mines, among other weapons, are considered as potential threats to merchant and military shipping. The car's 250 kilograms of plastic explosives, with a powerful limpet mine attached as a detonator, was defused, Smith said. It has started producing linters that will be used for making paper money and explosives. Dried turtle meat, six live turtles and an undetermined number of explosives were recovered on the boat. The plot is thought to have involved the use of conventional explosives, probably to be loaded into cars and driven into crowded city centres. The rock layers surrounding coal lodes were penetrated and separated by drillers and explosives. The world is a dangerous enough place now without letting idiots run round with explosives. The court heard that the bomb contained high explosives that were normally used for mining explosions in Northern Ireland. The dirty bomb was made from a material called radioactive zirconium which was packed into a bomb casing with high explosives. He would fill the cores of bombs with explosives, and part of his job was to go to the aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada. It was later discovered that the bombs were practice bombs, filled with concrete or plaster, rather than explosives. Everything from social engineering to fun explosives to Coke machine hacks can be found there. A number of attempts were made to salvage the ship but when they failed she was dispersed using explosives. Show More Sentences There has been speculation the maverick Republicans use the isolated sand dunes along Ballyhornan beach to test fire guns and explosives. He found nearly 100 kilograms of explosives hidden in the back seat and along the two back doors. One can only hope that no budding terrorist ever gets caught smuggling explosives onto a plane by storing them in his back passage. He said the manuals contained information on high-grade explosives and pipe bombs. Each man in the squad was dressed in a wetsuit and carried a pack of high explosives on their electric water scooter. A ball of plutonium is surrounded with explosives, all of which detonate at precisely the same moment and with exactly the same power. I'm unconvinced by anti-war people screaming about screw-ups in the early weeks of the war, including the latest explosives flap. These fireworks are no longer bangers but more like explosives, which, only recently, have been used to blow telephone boxes to pieces. That helps bankroll research in new niches, such as high-power microwave devices that can defuse explosives by frying their circuits. The tools of the trade are drills, hammers, levers, thermic lances, torches and explosives. Those who authorised the use of White Phophorus and also thermobaric explosives, must also face trial. The strategy part is about always having enough ammo, explosives, chemicals and med kits for your soldiers to use in battle. Among the arms recovered were handguns, semi-automatic firearms, explosives, pipe bombs, bomb components and several bombs. Three minutes later, a machine that detects trace explosives showed a positive reading for Semtex, a volatile plastic explosive. With World War I looming, nitrogen was also in demand for the production of trinitrotoluene and other explosives. We have the equivalent of four tons of high explosives for every person on earth. It'll go away in time, about the same time as you stop leaving traces of explosives residue about the place. Some shells contain explosives designed to crackle in the sky, or whistles that explode outward with the stars. Its shells contain fuel-air explosives that on detonation form a ball of fire, creating a powerful blast effect. And the new initiatives are bomb sniffing dogs we are looking at, so can smell explosives hidden in containers. Show More Sentences Like a cartoonist exaggerates a big nose for effect, we use the full power of nasty words as explosives to get our point across. The mystery remained how the bombers managed to smuggle their explosives on board. An inquiry is under way after guns and fake explosives were smuggled on to a flight leaving Manchester Airport. Virtually, with every passing week, we discover people trying to smuggle explosives into Saudi Arabia. The explosives were smuggled in to the prison and every thing was set for the date. All they'd have to do is plant explosives in the baggage of unwitting travellers, then let the dogs sniff the explosives out. Approval even came over the radio net to shoot dogs to prevent them from being rigged with explosives. The sweep was successful in netting a large cache or weapons, explosives, ammunition, and other equipment. After being found to contain explosives, it is carefully taken by police to an open space and detonated. The shifting of the voiced spirants and explosives did not extend over all the HG. dialects. Several chemical techniques will detect explosives or their volatiles even at the trace levels found in and above the soil where they are buried. Police, busily performing their cursory searches of every person, will therefore probably miss John's explosives. Their experience with explosives and hand-to-hand combat have to be good for a touching moment or two. In the dark of night, a 150-foot yacht packed to the gunwales with explosives slowly steams toward Naval Station Norfolk. Greek special forces have captured a freighter carrying 680 tons of explosives, along with detonators and fuses, bound for North Africa. During the intense gunbattle that followed, three insurgents detonated explosives and killed themselves to avoid capture. When the explosives go off, the hemispheres are pushed together into a sphere of critical mass. The Spanish press prior to 11 March reported major raids by the police against alleged terrorist cells and the seizure of guns and explosives. The makeshift factory seemed to specialize in outfitting vehicles with explosives. He points out that, when it comes to building a nuclear bomb, obtaining high explosives is only a small part of a very complicated procedure. Show More Sentences This new material was dramatically different in nature and concept of use from the conventional high explosives used in fission weapons. A lot of the work is outsourced to other companies, including some in the fermentation and explosives industry. He said US forces would move to other parts of a region honeycombed with caves and tunnels that could hide terrorists or guns and explosives. Back in the US, the Pentagon has announced that it has trained honey bees to sniff out and swarm to explosives instead of flowers. She alone has the presence of mind to remove a burning cinder from a table full of explosives. Other people taught us how to use secret inks, how to use cyphers of course, how to use radio transmitters, and how to use explosives. The use of explosives in civil engineering is common in a large numbers of applications and it remains a critical operation to set up. They asked me if I could account for the explosives residue that had been found on my person. Let me ask you about the most famous, or infamous, use of explosives, of course, that plane that went down. Items such as guns, explosives or other harmful materials could be concealed in these. On 18 April 1947, the Royal Navy detonated 6800 tons of explosives in a concerted attempt to destroy the main island. However a US government study has concluded armed terrorists could get at a nuclear cargo by using explosives to blow open the transport casks. The explosives were hidden inside a sock and police also found several maps pinpointing sensitive targets, including a nearby Nato base. Naidoo said investigations would confirm the type of explosives used, but confirmed the device had been a pipe bomb. Army explosives experts were also called to Ahoghill, Co Antrim after a pipe bomb was found outside Dougan's furniture outlet. In what was said to be a signed confession he admitted carrying the rucksack containing explosives but insisted he never intended to kill anyone. The mines provided wage labor and required a network of commerce to supply explosives, chemicals, timber for pit props, and food for the miners. Like many airports, Charles de Gaulle uses sniffer dogs to try to detect plastic explosives. In the 1970s and 1980s, plastic explosives became a favorite weapon of terrorists. In it, there is a laptop with speech recognition software, and the rest of the pack is filled with C4 plastique explosives. Show More Sentences The Hagensen Sack was a waterproof canvas sack filled with plastique explosives with a length of primacord sticking out. We raided the place and found hundreds of packages containing explosives and firecrackers. These noisy discharges of explosives start when it first gets dark and continue at intervals into the early hours of the morning. This weapon uses conventional explosives to disperse radioactive materials, exposing troops and civilians to harmful radiation. Baited explosives are used to hunt pigs while dynamiting is the most popular method employed to poach fish. Machine-guns, gas, high explosives, flame-throwers and air attacks slaughtered the lines of men marching out of the trenches. These included vast amounts of iron ore, huge reserves of coal and electricity, and two of the world's largest explosives factories. All explosives remain dangerous in sea water, as the metal casing corrodes and explosives become unstable. Their job was to check that all explosives had detonated and to retrieve the cameras mounted fore and aft. A conventional bomb has a casing containing explosives, a detonation or ignition system, and an initiation device or fuse. It could be anything, from tiny fractions of a gram to hundreds of pounds of high explosives. These explosives are employed as single devices and constructed into complex daisy chains. New intelligence indicates explosives set off to the side of the road are proving very deadly. The ordnance and explosives experts have teamed up with a de-mining company to develop the next generation of anti-land mine device. Regardless of whether it concerns volatile or solid substances, chemical explosives decompose into gas on detonation. He summoned the police, the van turned out to be packed full of a terrorist's explosives, and the bombs were defused. Some competitors had already passed the part of the route where army explosives experts were brought in to defuse a live device. In low explosives, such as the propellant in a bullet cartridge, the reaction occurs relatively slowly and the pressure isn't as damaging. Of course, the scanner could only detect metals, energy sources and chemical compounds that could be combined into propellants and explosives. You need plastic explosives, detonators, volunteers and somewhere to groom your potential martyrs and build your bomb. Show More Sentences His bag contained bomb-making equipment, guns, imitation explosives, three detonators and a rifle magazine holding five dummy bullets. The house was searched and alleged to contain guns, explosives and detonators. The group has access to at least small stocks of artillery ammunition, detonators, and explosives. Iam brought several pounds of plastic explosives and detonation devices with him to sabotage the plant when the time came. They fear a hijacked oil tanker could be rigged with explosives or a radioactive dirty bomb could be smuggled ashore in a shipping container. A dirty bomb would use explosives to spread radioactive material across a wide area with potentially devastating results. The serpentine robots could also be used to disarm explosives while minimizing the danger to humans. These people were trained to disarm explosives and capture the enemy alive. Dynamite and guncotton not only kept the DuPont company in the forefront of explosives but introduced it to real chemistry. Propellants such as gunpowder are so-called low explosives that burn but do not normally detonate. He was given a heavily armed police escort to the court for the second time to face a charge of making explosives with intent. In addition to seven cars rigged with explosives, the guardsmen found 30 rocket-propelled grenades, high-powered rifles, mortars and remote control detonators. In any case, the insurrection ended with negotiations and, without a shot being fired, the mutineers returned to their barracks with their weapons and explosives. The American ordnance crew that had explored it estimated the mine contained 400,000 tons of explosives. Meanwhile, a group of leftist radicals is on a crime spree of murder and robbery, arming themselves with automatic weapons, explosives, and rockets. That night saw a climax of air attacks by over three hundred Luftwaffe bombers dropping incendiaries and heavy explosives on London, igniting churches and public buildings. He was wearing light denim clothing, with nowhere to hide any explosives. Whenever Stout shone his flashlight beam into one of the rooms, it illuminated stacks of mortar shells and explosives. The original bunker busters used in the first gulf war were made from the barrels of large navel guns filled with 250 lb of explosives and fitted with guiding fins. They were primarily used to attach limpet mines to moored ships, bridges, and so on and also for clearing underwater obstacles with plastic explosives. Show More Sentences At other locations, U S troops detained 48 suspects and found weapons including bombs, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, explosives and detonators. Each missile contained 44 kg of high explosives and 498 kg of rocket fuel. Picric acid is a by-product from the manufacturing of explosives. While cesium and strontium, the two materials found in the generators, cannot be used to make nuclear weapons, they could contaminate large areas if combined with explosives. We advise you to accept our offer and if you don't, you will see the lines of cars laden with explosives hit your towns and turn your nights to mornings, God willing. All you need is a handful of youths, small arms and some explosives. In the darkness of the death camp, an armed uprising is being planned by the Sonderkommandos, who have been stockpiling illicitly gained explosives and guns. His plan failed when he ran out of money for explosives and his conspirators planted the bomb next to the wrong support structure within the basement of the building. Here in the United States, are safeguards being taken to prevent privately owned planes from being used by terrorists to carry explosives or even biological weapons? Personnel worked with varying degrees of success to develop a range of tools, from secret inks and concealed cameras to poisons, explosives, and a death ray. He opened one of the Reiven's cargo units and reloaded and replaced his two pistols, strapped on a bandolier of explosives and loaded and primed a rifle. That same day a 13-year-old girl was arrested with explosives hidden under her hijab after walking into a medical clinic. Last year a powerful scanner which can detect plastic explosives and illicit drugs was installed and tested at London's Gatwick Airport as part of a pilot programme. Farmers may also use explosives to loosen soil or break up boulders and tree stumps that get in the way of sowing crops. Beginning in the early 1950s, atomic bombs were used as detonators for the most powerful explosives of all, thermonuclear hydrogen bombs, or H-bombs. A Garda spokesman said fireworks, bangers and sparklers were all explosives and were potentially very dangerous if not used under very stringent conditions. The exercise was designed around techniques for dealing with low-order explosives by gaining entrance to the munition case and then deflagrating the contents. But as the mechanic pointed out, the illegal drugs could just as easily have been weapons or explosives. Investigators believe the explosion was caused by an electrical short circuit and claim that the plant was illegally manufacturing ammunition and explosives. The competitors could use melee combat weapons, small explosives, stun grenades, precision sensors, heavy armor, stealth systems, or just about any device of their conception. Show More Sentences Then you work out the size of the bomb, the type of explosives, the attendant shrapnel, the amount of building damage and the amount of flying glass. Details are sketchy, but it seems that on Thursday, two trains carrying high explosives were being shunted in a freight yard, when they came into contact with a power line. These included 10 anti-personnel mines, 20 land mines, four light anti-tank weapons, automatic rifles and ammunition, explosives and related material, and thermobaric weapons. They had studied firearms, explosives and tactical training, and learned how to detonate hand grenades, Molotov cocktails and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Fake explosives, detonators and real guns were taken undetected on to a British Airways flight between Manchester and Gatwick on Friday in a security test. He planned to use the C4 explosives to make shaped changes with which he could penetrate armored car doors. As they began their procession, a motorbike laden with explosives hit a bus full of Shiites. True bombers emerge during the middle years of the war, in the form of large, multi-engine monoplanes capable of lifting up to a ton of explosives. The scanner, the size of a small copy machine, uses spectrometry that can detect a billionth of a gram of explosives, such as TNT and nitroglycerine. Both nitroglycerine and TNT, two of the most powerful explosives in existence, can trace their origins to this race in research during the nineteenth century. Existing technologies for sensing explosives are bulky and expensive. On Friday, police confiscated a huge haul of explosives, detonators and weapons from a bomb-making factory in the central Javanese town of Semarang. Ms Murphy is still haunted by the memory of how Hindawi tried to send her to her death by packing her hand luggage with Semtex plastic explosives. Now, the governor also said that it was not one car bomb that went off on Friday, but rather two car bombs, containing a total of 700 kilograms of high explosives. Scientists have developed a new polymer that greatly increases the sensitivity of chemical detection systems for explosives such as trinitrotoluene. Nuclear weapons depend on conventional explosives to squeeze the fissionable material together so it reaches the critical mass needed for an atomic explosion. He had all his digits and limbs and, to my knowledge, had committed no antisocial acts with his legally obtained explosives. The blast wave they generate is significantly longer in duration and sometimes more powerful than that of conventional explosives. Heaven help us the first time a would-be suicide bomber is caught with explosives hidden in a body cavity. Following the attack, a car bomb containing 50 kilos of explosives was discovered. Show More Sentences The parent companies are aiming to create a leading propellants and explosives company in Europe, drawing on advanced technologies and in-depth knowledge of this business. The bomber detonated a truck full of explosives near the station. I've never had such interest shown in my PDA, which I think is much more entertaining, not to mention more likely to contain explosives, but there's no accounting for taste. In Houston, a large jar of fruit jelly, which has a density similar to some explosives, triggered the alarm on a machine that scans checked luggage. When mixed with oil or wax, high explosives become like clay. The finding would be consistent with the plant's stated production capabilities in the field of basic raw materials for explosives and propellants. They had been convicted on charges including murder, robbery, escaping from custody, possession of explosives and weapons, housebreaking and theft. One of the fastest ways to breach a minefield is with explosives. The original bunker busters used in the first gulf war were made from the barrels of large navel guns filled with 250 lbs of explosives and fitted with guiding fins. A culvert packed with explosives presents a particularly dangerous and challenging problem. By encasing a silicon-based polymer in conductive molecules, they've developed a nanowire that can detect very faint traces of explosives in air or under water. The white supremacist, who amassed a terrifying stockpile of arms and explosives including home-made napalm and shotguns, has been jailed for 11 years. For safety reasons, the original plan to implode the buildings using explosives was abandoned and wrecking balls and machines were used in the demolition. Firstly, you are going to need some plastic explosives and a charge. Days later, the police top brass announced the formation, or re-formation, of a bomb squad of officers trained in handling planted explosives and tracing their source. Graphite is also used as a refractory in high-temperature furnaces, to make black paint, in explosives and matches, and in certain kinds of cathode ray tubes. I learned how to poison arrows, and how to set explosives in them. Some of the explosives were flat-packed like pancakes and others were filled with nails to cause maximum injuries, according to images obtained by US network ABC News. Wing Commander Frank Brock, a director of the company, used his background and passion for explosives and incendiaries to develop a smokescreen to conceal battleships at sea. They maintain that the fissile cores are stored separately from the non-nuclear explosives packages, and that the warheads are stored separately from the delivery systems. Show More Sentences Operation Open Spirit took the Force to the bay of Riga, where shipping lanes were cleared of explosives left from the two world wars and the Cold War era. Compared to the high-order explosives he witnessed in the Army, Dry Ice bombs are barely a threat. By definition, explosive ordnance is any munitions, weapon delivery system, or ordnance item that contains explosives, propellants, and chemical agents. Law Minister Moudud Ahmed piloted through parliament the bill for faster trials for cases of serious crimes involving murder, rape, illegal arms and explosives, and narcotics. 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. He then returned with the homemade bomb, which comprised plastic explosives packed into a plastic container and a motion-trigger fuse, said Mr Shears. The suicide jacket is essentially a bomb kit worn as a waistcoat next to the skin, fashioned from canvas and with plastic explosives and a detonator secreted in four pockets. The order came again, in Arabic and Urdu, along with a warning that otherwise access would be achieved with explosives. Moroccan authorities said last week that the suspects planned to sail a dinghy loaded with explosives from Morocco into the strait to attack the vessels. He grabbed a satchel charge, carefully unclasping the clasp and flipping the tan covering off, revealing plastic explosives and a carefully placed set of syringes. Nitrogen is an important component of common chemical explosives like TNT, nitroglycerin, gunpowder, guncotton, nitrocellulose, picric acid, and ammonium nitrate. They were made redundant with the introduction of explosives, although hydraulic mining is still used on alluvial tin ores. Demolishing the houses downwind of a dangerous fire was often an effective way of containing the destruction by means of firehooks or explosives. I've been around explosives long enough to deal with pyrotechnics and thunder flashes and smoke grenades in the past. An explosion also damaged Blackpool Town Hall, where explosives were also found in a dustbin and gelignite outside a police station. The device that was termed as a uni-directional explosive instrument by the Bomb Disposal Squad, contained one kilogram of explosives. If the demolition is to use explosives, an exclusion zone must be established at a distance from and surrounding the structure. Air bag inflaters contain propellants, which are explosives that emit gas and to lea inti fill up the bags. These include brass strip, drillbits for the mining industry, hunting ammunition and primary explosives. In a fission bomb, a critical mass of fissile material is assembled from sub-critical masses by chemical explosives. Show More Sentences As well as guns and explosives he has sourced a range of other items including flak jackets and night sights. I was shown pictures in a medical report of flechettes found in explosives that had killed and maimed civilians. The boat that had the explosives in it sank, forcing the planned attack to be aborted. The Powder House building was used to store explosives needed for mine work during the time Big Pit was an active mine. The software allows drilling planners to simulate drill holes with explosives that can be test-fired. The purpose of the donor charge is to impart sufficient energy into the UXO explosives charge in order to cause a sympathetic detonation. Blasting utilizes the heat and immense pressure of the detonated explosives to shatter and fracture a rock mass. The type of explosives used in mining are high explosives which vary in composition and performance properties. The mining engineer is responsible for the selection and proper placement of these explosives, in order to maximize efficiency and safety. For comparison, all explosives used in World War II, including the detonations of two US nuclear bombs, amounted to only two megatons. Even during World War II consideration of the idea using conventional explosives was explored. According to details terrorists planted 35 Kg explosives close to Righty Way Hotel near City Police Station along National highway. With conventional, non-nuclear explosives, such as trinitrotoluene, the energy released is chemical. Plastic explosives are difficult to detect because a bomb maker can mold them into concealable or inconspicuous objects. All mine components other than wire rope, explosives, and detonating circuitry were manufactured by Detroit automobile firms. Stone, 53, stormed Stormont in 2006, armed with explosives, a garrote and a number of knives. The explosives would have released deadly chemical agent osmium tetroxide, which attacks the lungs and suffocates victims in seconds. However, many explosives have low vapor pressures, causing very little vapor to emanate from them. It has the ability to detect non-metallic objects such as ceramic or graphite weapons, plastic explosives, or threats stored in glass containers. Media said the IAEA has received reports that Iran had tested explosives which could be used to set off a nuclear charge. Show More Sentences In July, a 10-year-old was detained in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria, and found to be strapped with explosives. General Qi Jiguang made several timed, drifting explosives, to harass Japanese pirate ships. Napalm became a household name during the Vietnam War, when US troops used explosives with the chemical agent during air raids. It will be seen that all the explosives stemmed with coal-dust, gas being absent, produced flame except grisoutite. Judging from available ATF data, there have been few thefts of explosives from state and local government storage facilities. Geophysicists dig a hole some 100 meters deep, pack in explosives, seal the hole, and set off a downward-directed kaboom. Ardeer Thistle are known as the Dynamitards after the explosives factory in nearby Stevenston. Exposures to trinitrotoluene and dinitrotoluene, used in explosives and munitions, also produce elevated levels of TDA in urine and blood. The explosives might be spiked with radioactive materials to simulate fallout dispersal. The vertical lines are drill holes for explosives used during road construction. Police in Guilin have begun a search for illegal explosives in the city, Xinhua said. Senior officers are convinced that the IRA will never decommission any of its 10 tonnes of weapons and explosives. The dogs are trained in a variety of roles including drugs dogs, explosives dogs and firearms support dogs. Sources of perchlorate range from lightning and certain fertilizers to the perchlorate compounds in rocket fuel and explosives. Eight of the 11 suspects planned to assemble liquid-based explosives on board airplanes and detonate them, prosecutors charge. Early in 1968, the Krays employed Alan Bruce Cooper who sent Paul Elvey to Glasgow to buy explosives for a car bomb. The first use of explosives in the hunting of whales was made by the British South Sea Company in 1737, after some years of declining catches. Experts at handling explosives, called pyrotechnicians, add chemicals for special effects. Police say the US-bound package discovered on a plane in Dubai contained explosives and an electrical circuit linked to a mobile phone SIM card. In an attempt to mine the city, 500 Spanish soldiers were killed when the explosives detonated prematurely. Show More Sentences Both the illicit manufacture and diversion of illegal explosives to the consumer market have become a growing problem in recent years. European chemists made new explosives that made artillery much more deadly. The wrought iron doorjamb is still twisted, the result of explosives the Army used to blast their way into the house, the family adds. The rebels tried to breach the walls with explosives and bypass them via underground tunnels that led to underground close combat. Supersonic explosions created by high explosives are known as detonations and travel via supersonic shock waves. Subsonic explosions are created by low explosives through a slower burning process known as deflagration. The barbican at Walmgate Bar was undermined and explosives laid, but, the plot was discovered. The Mexploitation fall-out runs to explosives, rape, death by flame-thrower and a cavalcade of unconvincing plot turns. In the Mantic River Estuary, explosives were used to selectively remove eelgrass in an attempt to improve water circulation. Many substances not ordinarily classed as explosives may do one, or even two, of these things. Energetics are energy-releasing chemical materials, like explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics. Although the granite smugglers use explosives in stone quarrying, the seizer of such a huge quantity suggests something more serious. Fragmentation is the accumulation and projection of particles as the result of a high explosives detonation. The Bedouins traveled by camel and used explosives to demolish a portion of track. Semtex explosives supplied by Libya were one of the IRA's most lethal weapons in its decades-long terror campaign. Artillery was responsible for the largest number of casualties and consumed vast quantities of explosives. Following several weeks of bombardment, the explosives in 19 of these mines were detonated, resulting in the deaths of 10,000 Germans. In the Battle of Merville Gun Battery, Allied forces disabled the guns with plastic explosives at a cost of 75 casualties. In this mining method, explosives are first used in order to break through the surface or overburden, of the mining area. Despite the rapid advance of the invasion forces, some 44 oil wells were destroyed and set ablaze by Iraqi explosives or by incidental fire. Find more words! 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