Sentence examples for of high explosives from inspiring English sources

Three huge explosions — 100 pounds of high explosives were used in each of the last two, which could be felt over a mile away — reduced the hill to dust and dirt.

* Use of high explosives.

The invention of the blasting cap inaugurated the modern use of high explosives.

All her subjects made love to the detonations of high explosives.

A TONNE of high explosives can cause a lot of damage.

Nitrogen atoms, a near-universal primary ingredient of high explosives, possess just such nuclear asymmetry.

Its power was calculated to be equal to 5,000 tons of high explosives.

LOT OF MOAB The largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal contains 10 tons of high explosives.

He was carrying a ticket for Madrid and a sports bag containing 25 kilos of high explosives.

One explosives expert said the blast had probably been caused by several hundred pounds of high explosives.

The vehicles of war from now on, we imagine, will be small, mobile carriers of high explosives.