Sentence examples similar to close to detonating from inspiring English sources

This is because adequate mathematical representation of the events close to a detonating charge may not be available and the expense associated with the use of instrumentation that would be at risk of destruction or at least severe damage could be prohibitive.

Thailand's defence minister has said authorities are close to determining who detonated Monday's bomb.

The female attacker was shot, but managed to get close to the station before detonating explosives she was carrying, he said.

Osman, who was born in Ethiopia and came to the UK via Italy, tried to detonate his bomb close to Shepherd's Bush station, in west London.

Mr. Reid and Mr. Abdulmutallab tried to detonate their devices close to the wall of the respective planes on which they were flying, to increase chances that the explosion would blow a hole in the aircraft.

They turned to their grenade launchers but were too close to the tower for the grenades to detonate once fired.

Both involved powerful explosives detonated close to his motorcade.

The 1-2kg suitcase bomb detonated close to the main bus station and government ministries.

A 60-year-old woman was killed and dozens of people injured when the 1-2kg suitcase bomb detonated close to the main bus station and government ministries.

However, some air-to-air missiles also have fragmentation warheads which spray small shrapnel when they detonate close to a target.

The Interior Ministry in Kabul said four other guards were wounded when the explosives detonated close to Gereshk in the northern part of Helmand Province.