Sentence examples for biggest detonation from inspiring English sources

The fifth nuclear test in September 2016 was measured to be possibly North Korea's biggest detonation ever, but the earthquake it caused was still not believed to be big enough to demonstrate a thermonuclear test.

It's traditionally an occasion for a big test launch or detonation.

Then came the detonation, giving scientists some messiness to study.

They reported that this effect was more pronounced for detonation nanodiamonds than for bigger microcrystalline diamond.

Harris still has his ear cocked for the detonation, but he has heard no big bang.

Modern Warfare features big set pieces in the region (including the detonation of a nuclear bomb in an unnamed Middle Eastern city), Modern Warfare 3 ends in a hotel in the Middle East, and Black Ops II, though it takes place in the future, involves key scenes in Yemen.

In the past couple of weeks, he has pivoted to national security, ordered the bombing of Syria, presided over the detonation in Afghanistan of one of the biggest conventional weapons in the U.S. arsenal, and made threatening noises toward North Korea.

It was hooked up to a 35-pound plastic drum of fertilizer, but the detonation cord had been cut and the bigger bomb did not go off.

This aria, heart-rendingly sung by Gerald Finley, is the detonation in Oppenheimer's soul which triggers the big bang.

One of the biggest problems is noise, because these war games include underwater detonations, sinking of ships, gunnery exercises and active sonar.

Ricardo Darín is the film's big star name: an explosives engineer pushed to breaking point – or detonation point – by a parking fine enforcement system that is cynically engineered to generate municipal income.