detonate Betydning & definition

Eksempler på detonate

• It is the limiting form, as the shock-wave radius tends to zero, of the non-self-similar motion produced, for example, by detonating the explosive lining of a large sphere.

• When my soldiers realised how much hard digging was being saved, they soon became experts in explosives and detonating systems.

• The truth is that none of us —scientists, politicians or mining engineers—has any clear idea what may happen when oil wells are deliberately detonated.

• Furthermore, they are not capable of being detonated by the foot of an innocent child, as is the case with antipersonnel mines.

• Development of a proximity and point detonating fuse is continuing.

• The ammunition which is being detonated is the remnant of a large dump of war-time ammunition which is unsafe to move.

• If errors are made, they could lie undetected for years only to detonate in the future at huge expense to the individual or company concerned.

• We are now committed to the introduction of insensitive munitions, which are less likely to detonate in an uncontrolled or unexpected way.