How To Use Detonate In A Sentence

Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company's headquarters.
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USSPrinceton(CG-59)detonated two Iraqibottom-moored influence mines(MANTAs) at the north end of the Persian Gulf and was seriously damaged.
So the theories are that perhaps somebody intentionally detonated this weapon in what's sometimes called fragging, an intentional effort to kill officers, and in this case, two officers. CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005
Forensic evidence has shown that at least one of the bombs was detonated remotely via an untraceable prepaid mobile phone.
Police found an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday. Bomb found in car near Times Square

The majority of guerrilla attacks on US occupation forces have been carried out by remotely detonated bombs or rocket-propelled grenades.
The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
This was also a society undergoing huge change and upheaval – phyically as the railways shrank the land and technology changed the world of work from field to factory, mentally as the revelations of Darwin detonated under Christianity. Evil Book Thingy
A remote control device was used to detonate the bomb.
When the vehicle moved off the pin was pulled out and the bomb detonated, said Mr Lowe.
It appeared the car was booby-trapped and the bomb was detonated by remote control.
Army experts detonated the bomb safely in a nearby field.
The mercury fulminate detonates and that causes the loud bang you heard. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
More worryingly, there was some evidence that one of the bombs was detonated by a suicide bomber.
Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company's headquarters.
After years mouldering in stone, the ancient explosive was finally sent off with a bang as the two-man bomb squad safely detonated it in a farmer's field at around 11 pm before a small crowd of onlookers.
A guard activated a radio-jamming device immediately so the bomb couldn't be detonated, West wrote.
Eighty percent of all of the IEDs are being identified by the local population, and information is being conveyed about them before they are detonated, which is a much higher percentage -- meaning much greater civilian population cooperation -- than we ever saw in Iraq. CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2009
KABUL -- On the 18th of May, as Hamid Karzai prepared to report on his notably successful visit to the United States, a suicide bomber in Kabul detonated his explosive-laden van, killing 6 coalition soldiers and 12 Afghan civilians, wounding nearly 50 others. Lt. Col. Ed Ledford: What Effect Did the Taliban Attacks Have? None. Really, None.
One of the two suspects who detonated the bombs is believed to have died in the explosions and the other is still at large.
Among other things, he detonated mines and bombs left behind from the Vietnam War.
He was still priming the timing device and the slightest error could detonate the mine prematurely. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Williams said the latest bombs sent from Yemen differed from the device carried by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the alleged "underwear bomber," because they used electronics rather than a chemical reaction to detonate the explosives. Investigators link package explosives to al-Qaeda bomb-maker in Yemen
Will they return as a necessary adjunct of the explosion that will detonate our complacencies? Times, Sunday Times
There is going to be a very definite detection of mines and some bombs that have not been detonated off the coast of Hawaii.
The reason for the replacement is that IMX-101 is even more stable than TNT, which when invented was hailed as famously insensitive to shock and other conditions which would reliably detonate other high explosives of the day such as guncotton and nitroglycerine. Everything2 New Writeups
They rammed an explosive charge home and detonated it by remote control.
One day in December, Ty was on patrol in Anbar province when an Iraqi insurgent detonated a carload of explosives beside the convoy's troop truck.
The bomb was believed to have been planted in a minibus parked outside the walled embassy compound and detonated remotely.
The mercury fulminate detonates and that causes the loud bang you heard. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
To get over the embarrassment of the "fizzle," Kim's technicians had to detonate another device to validate their designs and demonstrate the power of their weapon. North Korea Advertises Its Nukes
They were connected to the timing device of a compact disc player designed to detonate them remotely.
Police had already thwarted attempts to bring two huge van bombs to Madrid, and to detonate a car bomb in Bilbao.
Instead the staff were in relatively unprotected temporary offices strung along the heavy compound walls near one corner at the main gate, the precise corner where the bomb was detonated up against those large walls.
That was their stake and it detonated the kind of politics which are the stuff of socialism in our society.
For having the capability to release kundalini energy is precisely analogous to being able to detonate an atomic bomb; it's a secret weapon of mass consciousness destruction/creation, only on a bioenergetic level.
He reveals to Dan Jones how he detonated the sparks of controversy.
A suicide bomber, reportedly wearing an Afghan Army Uniform, detonated explosives outside a military base near Jalalabad in Eastern Afghanistan.
In the first attack on Saturday evening, two suicide bombers detonated 30 yards apart in a busy mall.
The resulting nitroglycerine was packed in bombs detonated by a pistol connected to an alarm clock.
It beats chains against the ground in a rotating motion to detonate and destroy mines.
When the mines had detonated the machine gunners and everybody else opened fire.
Preparation turned to execution when the explosives were detonated, resulting in a massive grey cloud and the loud crump of the explosion, which could be heard over four kilometres away.
After years mouldering in stone, the ancient explosive was finally sent off with a bang as the two-man bomb squad safely detonated it in a farmer's field at around 11 pm before a small crowd of onlookers.
Most of the shells landed in soft snow and were duds; only those that struck rock or ice would detonate - unless they were airburst shells, which have fuses timed to explode before they hit the ground.
They have every incentive to cooperate with us because these are people who are promising to, you know, detonate dirty bombs or chemical weapons and the like in Europe.
These dastardly bombs contain coils of metal that fragment when the core charge detonates, usually in an airburst that showers people below with shrapnel.
One detonated a few feet from Aguero, peppering him with shrapnel and deafening him temporarily in one ear.
The device detonated unexpectedly.
calved," it split, it detonated, and, having finally loosened itself from its bed, it acquired increased momentum. The Iron Trail
If it is pushed out of alignment by the glacis plate, it will detonate the mine underneath the belly of the AFV.
Today, it turns out that the surveillance team had concluded that de Menezes was not a threat - that he was not about to detonate a bomb, was not armed and was not acting suspiciously.
A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism.
When the bomb was detonated down at Alamogordo, residents for hundreds of miles around knew something extraordinary had happened.
Rather than give up his explosives, the bomber detonated them, killing himself and the two robbers.
Sergeant John Manuel, who was also known as Jacky, died when a wheelbarrow full of explosives detonated beside him in Helmand Province. WN.com - Articles related to US warned Britain: you must send more troops to Afghanistan
Also, look for berms and structures 20 to 30 meters away from your location that can provide cover and concealment from which to command detonate devices.
The torpedo detonated beneath the bridge, breaking the ship's back and splitting her in half.
Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a car bomb and raked a karaoke restaurant with gunfire in Thailand's restive south, wounding at least 17 people in back-to-back attacks in the volatile region, police said Sunday. The Seattle Times
It's called the warlock system, which would have detected or set off anything with a wireless signal that would set off that bomb, so they believe this bomb was actually wired probably underground and detonated remotely through that wire instead of wirelessly. CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2006
With an almighty boom, the laser detonates, tearing a huge chunk of the warship's hull away as it goes.
We have confirmed that the passenger sitting in the rickshaw was wearing a burqa and detonated the bomb, but we are checking whether the suicide bomber in a burqa was a man or a woman," said Interior Minister spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema. Fall Of Frontline In War On Terror Will Be Tragic
On September 14 the unit was reconnoitred as a diversionary raid; two mines were found and detonated and the beach and defense positions charted.
He said the bomb was detonated by remote control.
He said the landmines would have had to be detonated by smaller adhesive "limpet" mines, triggered by a timing device. ANC Daily News Briefing
There was a loud explosion and cracks appeared in the roof, revealing concrete nine inches thick, with steel reinforcement, but several more charges were detonated before the roof finally collapsed and the walls crumbled in.
The UNSC vessel erupted from inside, reactor overload and single nuclear warhead detonated inact of self - destruction.
The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
I intend to detonate it as the first craft land.
One theory is that the bomb was detonated by remote control.
Officials detonated three sets of explosive charges on board, and the 2,500-ton vessel slowly sank below the surface.
The explosions -- explosives inside the cars were detonated, which is how they knew that they had hit their target, they say. CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2005
In the finance office, the main coffer lock was detonated, damaging all papers, including vouchers, promissory notes, cash and cheque box.
Most of the shells landed in soft snow and were duds; only those that struck rock or ice would detonate - unless they were airburst shells, which have fuses timed to explode before they hit the ground.
The device was removed from the shop and detonated in a controlled explosion.
The work suggests a metal contraption, perhaps an explosive device that could be detonated with a push of the beige button.
The 200 kg bomb was detonated by terrorists using a remote-control device.
The bomb, like yesterday's, was designed to be detonated by a mobile phone.
He would reach the mask and there would be a bomb under it and Bad Hands would detonate it in his face. TALKING GOD
The composition of the fallout can also be changed by'salting " the weapon to be detonated.
A scout ahead of the main group gave Seth the final signal that the men were ready to detonate the charges, by reflecting the sun in a piece of glass.
Restaurant workers said more than 40 diners were inside when the bomb was detonated.
He was still priming the timing device and the slightest error could detonate the mine prematurely. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
US officials have said each bomb was attached to a syringe containing lead azide, a chemical initiator that would have detonated the PETN explosive packed into each printer cartridge. Officials deny Yemen bomb defused 17 minutes before it was set to go off
But after winning two of the top prizes for her movie about an bomb defuser in Iraq, she looked like her own mind had just detonated. Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards
However, no one was injured as one of the petrol bombs detonated inside the porch and another failed to explode.
We'd close the door and up it would go, well after we'd ex filtrated We'd put an anti handling device on the PEas well, so that even if they found it and went to lift it, it would detonate. Bravo-Two-Zero
According to sources, dissident groups are now at work planning to plant bombs or detonate incendiary devices, according to leaked information.
On August 26th, 1938, 34 Palestinians were killed and 35 were injured when Zionist terrorists detonated a car bomb in the suq of Jerusalem. Sunday, June 01, 2008
France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
The bomb squad detonated the charge, destroying the car.
Sergeant John Manuel, who was also known as Jacky, died when a wheelbarrow full of explosives detonated beside him in WN.com - Articles related to US warned Britain: you must send more troops to Afghanistan
Israeli media said the bomb detonated near the convoy taking the Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Dani Nevo, to the bridge, also known as the Allenby bridge, 50km west of Amman. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
An explosive device detonated on the roof of the building.
After the 3rd shot, his scope detonated from the shock from his 340 Weatherby Magnum. The Rifleman's Badge of Honor
In Tikrit, guerrillas detonated two car bombs in an attack on a police checkpoint.
Just as my vehicle crossed an aqueduct, they detonated a homemade bomb by remote control and it tore through the floor of my car.
For instance, if a gay suicide bomber detonates himself during a Mass in Agana, does the Archbishop then approve of homosexuality? The Volokh Conspiracy » More on “[T]he Islamic Fundamentalist Charge That … the U.S.A. … Is the ‘Great Satan’ Is Not Without an Element of Truth”
The suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a Shi'ite rally expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The other car bomb detonated at a site where experts were dismantling an improvised explosive devise.
During the intense gunbattle that followed, three insurgents detonated explosives and killed themselves to avoid capture.
His task is to detonate a nuclear device in Suffolk, which will somehow scare millions into voting Labour.
More importantly, they are developing, or have developed, what they call the krytron, a remote-controlled electronic impulse trigger that can detonate nuclear weapons. Santorini
The bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives.
He detonates distracted droves like dynamite, desolates communities with doublespeak. The Liar
Azyra snapped out of her trance just in time she scrambled away from the light just before it silently detonated with enough force to fling her from the fire escape.
Jamshid Totakhil, chief of staff at the Crime and Investigation Department of the Kabul Police, said five suicide bombers had been killed or had detonated themselves in the attack at the square. Afghan Insurgents Strike Across Kabul
Bombs in the magazine detonate in chain reaction in a split second.
The family argues that he would still be alive if his regiment had been equipped with up-to-date technology that would have stopped the radio-controlled bomb from being detonated.
We could always dump the bomb, drop a marker, warn all shipping to keep clear, wait for the krytron to arrive, return there and detonate the bomb. ' Santorini
She wanted the bomb to detonate at that moment, matching its completion with her own. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
It is now being reported that the three bombs that went off earlier today were detonated by suicide bombers.
Ammo dumps were being detonated by incoming mortars and rockets, and all hell was breaking loose.
After shooting one aircraft down, the crew detonated demolition charges and set fire to the ship to prevent its capture.
But the owner used his telecommunications expertise to prepare the mobile phones that detonated the train bombs by remote control.
The government said a 10-year-old boy and a number of others, including police officers, were injured in Damascus's Midan neighborhood on Friday, when what it called an armed terrorist group detonated an explosive and fired randomly. Arab League Suspends Syria Mission
The terrorists were killed when their bomb detonated unexpectedly.
Police found an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport-utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday. Bomb found in car near Times Square
He was still priming the timing device and the slightest error could detonate the mine prematurely. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
British Army engineers detonate them in between planes taking off and landing in a series of controlled explosions that have become as routine to the troops guarding the airport as going to the cookhouse for breakfast every morning.
Normal thinking, intelligent people who have the gift of sight know for a fact that the Twin Towers where detonated from the base. Think Progress » Rumsfeld Exploits 9/11 To Defend Failed Iraq Policy
Then a series of explosions blew more the ship apart until, finally, the reactor detonated in a dazzling spiral of flames and blue light.
One by one explosive device was detonated when the robot bomb, the other explosive devices at the four successfully removed by bomb disposal experts.
When the vehicle moved off the pin was pulled out and the bomb detonated, said Mr Lowe.
The mercury fulminate detonates and that causes the loud bang you heard. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
The night lit up as the neutron bomb detonated, wiping away the rare liverwort and its jungle home. 365 tomorrows » 2009 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism.
When a nuclear device is detonated, it emits a broad spectrum of electromagnetic waves that radiate outward from the detonating bomb.
On June 10, 1991, the University's mink farm was set on fire after a timed incendiary device was detonated.
Officials detonated three sets of explosive charges on board, and the 2,500-ton vessel slowly sank below the surface.
They were a precursor to modern mines, high-explosive devices that can be detonated by the completion of an electrical circuit, by pressure, or by a tripwire.
But when the current rolls and the fish are hungry, they'll slam jigs and sometimes detonate on topwater plugs.
I'll help you detonate the moonship, board the Olympia with you, and get off at Blocksberg. Three Worlds To Conquer
I intend to detonate it as the first craft land.
Inside, the last hypo was cupped in its antishock foam, clipped in and just waiting to detonate inside his head, wipe out the burning he felt in all his nerve channels. Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]
Now for a quick fix in keeping with the company's rig-it-and-roll mentality: we look for ‘CueCat2’ to come stuffed with a tiny squib, detonated by opening the plastic housing.
On 18 April 1947, the Royal Navy detonated 6800 tons of explosives in a concerted attempt to destroy the main island.
He would reach the mask and there would be a bomb under it and Bad Hands would detonate it in his face. TALKING GOD
1 This explosive flour is more powerful and brisant than TNT and is easiest to detonate in its powdered form. Explosives for Fun and Pleasure, Uploaded by Shadow Knight (Has Anarchy Messages Around It)
That's when a second bomber detonated his explosives.
Police don't know whether he was trying to defuse the bomb, or whether he deliberately detonated it, killing himself.
According to sources, dissident groups are now at work planning to plant bombs or detonate incendiary devices.
The suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a Shi'ite rally expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.
If you were a slightly nervous Israeli soldier, would you wait until he was really close before seeing if he was going to delf-detonate? BBC: bias or bad writing?
After being found to contain explosives, it is carefully taken by police to an open space and detonated.
Previously it was thought that one car bomb had detonated, but the statement said two devices went off.
For one cannot destroy another without destroying oneself; and the nuclear bomb detonated was large enough to cause radioactive dust to reach the soil of Lemuria, causing the Polynesian DNA to fray.
The Maryland Emergency Management Agency sent out a bulletin that two packages delivered to state facilities had "detonated" creating small explosions. World Watch
And here I was again, standing in her tight embrace, ready to detonate another one of her dreams. GYPSY MASALA
Again, to use the word "detonated" is not quite accurate, but they were disrupted and no one was injured. CNN Transcript May 18, 2002
It belongs to the man who called in the bomb threat 18 minutes before it detonated.
When an avalanche is deemed likely, it detonates a mixture of oxygen and propane gas in its explosion chamber. Gazex®
Two hours later, a car bomb was detonated near the city's fortified airport.
Nitroguanicline may be regarded as an explosive which is powerful, but difficult to detonate.
He was apparently waiting to be picked up by the general's official car when the first bomb was detonated by remote control.
The ship, engulfed in flames, spiraled down into the smoking ruins of the base, and detonated as a Sidewinder misfired and exploded under the wing.
He was still priming the timing device and the slightest error could detonate the mine prematurely. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Jamshid Totakhil, chief of staff at the Crime and Investigation Department of the Kabul Police, said a total of five suicide bombers had been killed or had detonated themselves in the attack at the square. Attacks Rock Kabul
The mercury fulminate detonates and that causes the loud bang you heard. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
Its offensive capability lies in launching unguided rockets, which detonate upon impact with artillery-like splash damage.
One of them must have been set for detonation at the base of the clouds and the other two were using their normal fuzing and as the preset fuze detonated a bit short of the base of the clouds and directly under the belly of my aircraft, the other two shrieked between John, my number two man, and myself. Thud Ridge
An engineer tried to detonate the mine.
The pressure pad on top pushes down a plunger which detonates the explosive charge in the mine.
France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
Army sappers detonated the device in a controlled explosion.
Apparently, the altimeters built into some Casio watches can be modified to detonate bombs at certain altitudes.
the bomb detonated at noon
Weaponized uranium metal bombs detonated with high explosives create tiny aerosols of burning uranium oxides and uranium nitrides. Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab's 200 Executioners Ready
After clearing the area, police used a robot to detonate the device, estimated at more than 4 pounds.
Once this had been introduced, the Germans began to use acoustic mines which were detonated by the sound of a ship's propeller acting on a diaphragm within them.
According to unconfirmed reports, militants in disguise opened fire and detonated an explosive device.
Guerrillas detonated two bombs, and carried out two drive-by shootings and a stabbing in a little over an hour.
One theory is that the bomb was detonated by remote control.
If the fuel deflagrates but does not detonate, victims will be severely burned and will probably also inhale the burning fuel.
The press cannot get enough of any new development that might upset that balance, and detonate an explosion.
This explosion is of a magnitude that could not be caused by anything built in to the buildings or city infrastructure diesel fuel tank for a generator wouldn't detonate like that, it would deflagrate - there's a difference. Cloverfield on Yahoo
The bomb was detonated by remote control.
Then one of them detonated a bomb hidden in the camera, killing himself and mortally wounding Massoud. The Longest War
Syria's government said a 10-year-old boy and a number of others, including police officers, were injured in Damascus's Midan neighborhood on Friday, when what it called an armed terrorist group detonated an explosive and fired randomly. Battles Put Damascus On the Edge
There was also the huge open not yet built gap in the wall directly behind venom when it detonated which was on the opposite side of the building as the huge crowd watching the final battle. am i the only one to notice this crap? venom is not dead. maybe eddie but not the symbiote. and "venom" doesnt necessarily need to be eddie im spent ruiner on Mar 19, 2009 Bring On Venom! Sony Moving Forward With Venom Spin-Off! « FirstShowing.net
One theory is that the bomb was detonated by remote control.
I suspect the weapon is also photosensitized to detonate under a high-intensity beam of light. The Pandora Principle
The first four bombs detonated around noon.
The resulting nitroglycerine was packed in bombs detonated by a pistol connected to an alarm clock.
As I stepped out of our vehicle, I detonated one of the mines with my right heel.
To answer your question the deflagration likely is caused during the collapse of the white dwarf in the seven to eight seconds it takes to reach its highest density during the collapse, after which the star detonates when a certain density is reached. Merging White Dwarfs Set Off Supernovae | Universe Today
The acetylides of silver, copper, mercury, and gold are detonated by heat, friction, or shock.
In his presentation document to al-Qaeda, Barot said that the americium from around ten thousand smoke detectors would be needed to make the bomb effective and that once the device was detonated the subsequent radioactive cloud “has the potential to affect around 500 people.” The Longest War
He then turned away and detonated the explosive device strapped to his body.
In the warehouse, Morriss's trap detonated, and a bomb exploded.
Normal thinking, intelligent people who have the gift of sight know for a fact that the Twin Towers where detonated from the base .. Think Progress » Rumsfeld Exploits 9/11 To Defend Failed Iraq Policy
She wanted the bomb to detonate at that moment, matching its completion with her own. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
It detonated and smoke covered the room, sending shards of glass spraying over us.
They rammed an explosive charge home and detonated it by remote control.
Even minor deterioration at any part of the weapon will cause it to fail to detonate altogether; accidental detonation is about as likely as conservatives having an intelligent idea. Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth
And here I was again, standing in her tight embrace, ready to detonate another one of her dreams. GYPSY MASALA
A telephone call lured him to the table and the bomb was detonated. Home | Mail Online
In order for a Stryker and its up to 11-person crew to survive an RPG, it will have to be fitted with what's called slat armor, a sort of bird cage that causes the grenade to detonate prematurely. CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2003
A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism.
The UNSC vessel erupted from inside, reactor overload and single nuclear warhead detonated inact of self - destruction.

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