detonation
letupan
definition
noun
There's a researcher out there - I used him a great deal for this piece and I'm using him some more, he knows at least five of the people who were involved in the making of the bomb and its detonation .
the action of causing a bomb or explosive device to explode.
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The construction of a car bomb and its 'detonation' outside the Australian embassy gates required money, expertise and a large amount of planning.
Many atomic scientists gathered there between 1942 and the first 'detonation' of an atomic bomb on 16 July 1945.
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' .
Its high octane rating delivers strong engine performance by helping engines resist 'detonation' so they can run higher compression ratios.
natural gas's high resistance to 'detonation'
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.
I heard a muffled 'detonation' from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing.
By the end of the vignette, when the bombs are placed and we are waiting for 'detonation' , the tension is almost unbearable.
The 'detonation' of a nuclear bomb over a target such as a populated city causes immense damage.
The 'detonation' of an atomic bomb above Hiroshima was the starting gun for modern Japan.
It contained 300 kg of explosive and the 'detonation' was twice as loud as that of the SS - 23 missile, according to Colonel Nikolai Vulkov, head of the demolition team.
Put simply, the only choice an officer may have may be to shoot to kill in order to prevent the 'detonation' of a device.
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.
He mentions the atomic bomb 'detonation' in Japan, which seems later to have saved their lives by ending the war at last.
she was in a control building at the time of 'detonation'
Then there was a 'detonation' , loud and deep, near enough to consume all the information around him.
The subsequent 'detonation' of a nuclear device in 1974 was testament to the strengthening of India's nuclear options.
They somehow got a direct hit on one of our explosive dumps which exploded with a 'detonation' louder than anything I ever heard.
The 'detonation' of each charge would result in an intense pressure wave, instantly shearing through the half-inch thick steel hull - like a gigantic cookie cutter.
To run an engine on unleaded fuel it may be necessary to retard the initial timing to prevent 'detonation' and/or pre-ignition.
Who knows what kind of impact it would have if atomic 'detonation' shockwave combined with lethal radiations combed through the world below them.
An American soldier's hand held video camera captured the 'detonation' of an Improvised Explosive Device.
Seeking larger expansion ratios, gasoline engine experts are improving combustion chamber shapes and fuel delivery so higher compression ratios can be tolerated without 'detonation' .
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.
The instantaneous destruction of all molecules in a sample is known as 'detonation' , and the rapid expansion of hot gases that results is what gives rise to the destructive blast.
Its shells contain fuel-air explosives that on 'detonation' form a ball of fire, creating a powerful blast effect.
The bomb's 'detonation' is spectacular, all billowing flames and smoke and debris, and not much in the way of bodies or limbs or bloody flecks, the kind of stuff that does tend to fly around under such circumstances.
When challenged by police at Stockwell subway station, he had attempted to run, jumping a ticket barrier, before being overpowered and shot multiple times in the head in order to prevent the possible 'detonation' of a bomb.
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.
The type of explosion - the shape of the 'detonation' - also makes hydrogen unsuitable as an alternative fuel for the conventional automobile.
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