controlled explosion

collocation in English

meaningsofcontrolledandexplosion

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controlled
adjective
uk
/kənˈtrəʊld/us
/kənˈtroʊld/
involving careful, intentional actions that limit risk ...
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explosion
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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(Definition ofcontrolledandexplosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontrolled explosion

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There will be acontrolledexplosionin a few minutes but let us not allow it to interfere with our debate.
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It was found to be an explosive device and an explosives officer carried out acontrolledexplosionto disrupt its initiating mechanism.
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Acontrolledexplosionis one of the most effective techniques of the civil engineer.
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Thecontrolledexplosionof water has been used for generating steam in power stations and in modern types of steam turbines.
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The other is a sealed rubber grommet which is ejected in acontrolledexplosionif the first valve gets blocked.
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There used to be three towers, but one was demolished with acontrolledexplosionas it was announced unsafe.
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Police found a styrofoam cooler and detonated it in acontrolledexplosion, but it simply contained food.
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Even though it was acontrolledexplosion, 17 nearby houses were damaged and two heavily, making the cost of everything in the millions of euros.
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One of the devices exploded, while army experts carried out acontrolledexplosionon the other.
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He and two colleagues took seven hours to disable its electrical circuits, after which the explosive was hauled onto the pavement outside the hotel and destroyed in acontrolledexplosion.
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The land commission tried to sell the house but could get no offers and in 1947 a decision was taken to demolish the house bycontrolledexplosion.
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This secondcontrolledexplosionwas a continued deviation from the original plan to not use explosives to destroy the stadium.
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Wade concocts a plan to stop the car by burying it beneath acontrolledexplosionin the canyons that lie outside of town.
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The demolition itself was complex, and required almost 15,000 controlled explosions.
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Large areas of the rock were blasted away with controlled explosions, using dynamite.
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Authorities disposed of the explosives in controlled explosions on a nearby farm lane, deploying a remote-controlled robot to move the material.
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At 4:14pm, the police carried out two controlled explosions at the course.
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Controlled explosions continued for approximately two months thereafter.
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