Sentence examples for detonate on from inspiring English sources

Cluster bombs burst open in mid-air and release bomblets that are supposed to detonate on impact, but many of the ones fired on Lebanon did not explode, lying on the ground instead like landmines with the potential to blow up at any time.

At just 24, he had just witnessed one of the most powerful weapons on earth detonate on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.

Some fail to detonate on contact.

But it did not detonate on the first floor.

Curfewed Night is filled with many such finely judged details, which quietly detonate on the page.

From my perspective, there is no imminent threat that a North Korean nuclear-tipped missile will detonate on American soil.

One victim, Zulkifli, said the band had performed several songs when the bomb detonated on one side of the stage.

So suppose a ten-kiloton bomb — smaller than the one that fell on Hiroshima — detonated on Wall Street, eight miles south.

BERLIN — A magnetic bomb detonated on a diplomatic car in New Delhi.

An unprecedented crime 10 backpacks filled with explosives were detonated on four commuter trains.

Each bomblet detonates on impact, spraying shrapnel in all directions and killing, maiming and destroying indiscriminately.