Sentence examples for detonated it is from inspiring English sources

But should one ever be detonated, it is important to know that the number of fatalities would probably be small.

"If it [the bomb] had detonated, it's my judgment that it would have caused casualties, there would have been a significant fireball," he said.

When the device was detonated it was so powerful it caused a crater in the arena's concrete floor and a 23 sq metre (250 sq ft) glass skylight shattered.

Because of the complicated and technical nature of the operation, which would see the plant rigged with explosives and then detonated, it was believed that a minimum of twelve to sixteen men would be required, and that they would all have to be skilled engineers.

It said: "If one warhead were to detonate it is possible that the other seven warheads in the storage cell could be engulfed in the fire which is virtually certain to ensue from the rupture of the missiles' fuel tanks".

Acquiring the weapons-grade uranium was the hard part; detonating it was relatively easy.

Depending upon where it is detonated it could kill as many as 6 million people, in one of the world's most populous cities. Weapons exist on a continuum.

They detonated it while Johnson was still cornered.

Mr. Abdulmutallab was given money to make a bomb, he agreed to take the bomb onto a plane and detonate it, he was given payment to carry out the job, he promised to carry out the job, and then he boarded the plane but ended up not detonating the bomb.

Mohamud was under the impression, according to the papers, that he had detonated it, but in fact it was done by the agents.

The authorities safely detonated it, and a curfew was imposed in the city.