Sentence examples for be detonated to from inspiring English sources

Did the president know that an untested atomic device could be detonated to punish invaders along with the Iraqi people?

A Depth Charge Crater was a site in a road (usually at a junction) prepared with buried explosives that could be detonated to instantly form a deep crater as an anti-tank obstacle.

Otway launched the assault as soon as the first glider overshot the battery, ordering the explosives to be detonated to form two paths through the outer perimeter through which the paratroopers attacked.

Other items returning from the first game include these: a remote-controlled batarang; Explosive Gel that can now be detonated to knock down enemies in combat; and the grapnel gun, which can now be used while gliding to facilitate transportation.

Drip lip -- Added to collect condensation on the pipe that could form ice. Bolt Catchers Bolt catchers protect the shuttle from explosive bolts that are detonated to disconnect the solid-rocket boosters from the external fuel tank.

A firecracker was detonated to distract the police while 30 to 40 of them charged the gates.

Such a bomb could be detonated at high altitude to destroy electronic and electric systems.

The vehicle had been loaded with gas cylinders to be detonated in close proximity to the checkpoint...

The device was taken away by the Royal Logistic Corps disposal teams to a safe area to be detonated in a controlled explosion.

After that a bible sent to Owen by a Northern Irish religious group had to be detonated in a controlled explosion.

Both devices were wired to be detonated by cellphones, said a police official in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa State, which is home to one of Mexico's biggest trafficking cartels.