Sentence examples for set off blasts from inspiring English sources

Both are extremely experienced at their work; they know, for example, the locations of all the nearby quartz mines that set off blasts that look like earthquakes but aren't.

Then again, other bombers have succeeded in setting off blasts in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Then, a blood-curdling scream sets off blasts of machine warfare, and a child's voice cries out repeatedly.

Witnesses said a fire at a chemical warehouse causing an explosion that set off smaller blasts.

And an attack Friday morning rattled a residential neighborhood of Kabul, where militants set off twin blasts, killing at least four people, Afghan officials said.

A car bomb and a suicide bomber in a truck set off huge blasts in Kirkuk, where local health officials and police said at least 25 people were killed and more than 180 wounded, Reuters reported.

But in the past two weeks al-Shabaab fighters have launched mortar attacks near the presidential palace, blown up a car bomb near a busy park in the capital, and set off twin blasts in a north-western town.

When these devices which are often towed behind boats are set off, sharp blasts of pressurized air send shock waves through the water and into underlying sediments, where they trigger seismic vibrations.

General Azimi said the attack was the work of one suicide attacker who set off the blast inside a tent at the multistory hospital as the trainees were sitting down to lunch.

What set off the blast remained unclear.

In his lawsuit, Mr. Funchess said there was no open flame to set off the blast.