detonation

Example Sentences

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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

Los Alamos, New Mexico—Behind a guard shack and warning signs on the sprawling campus of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a forested spot where scientists mimic the first moments of a nuclear detonation.

From Science Magazine