underground explosion

collocation in English

meaningsofundergroundandexplosion

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underground
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈɡraʊnd/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈɡraʊnd/
below the surface of the earth; ...
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explosion
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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(Definition ofundergroundandexplosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Soviet scientists have considered a magnitude of 4·75 to be equivalent to anundergroundexplosionof about two kilotons.
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They ask whether there is any possibility of a massiveundergroundexplosion, or any risk of fire.
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The distance over which a seismic instrument can record anundergroundexplosiondepends so much on the terrain that it is not possible to give a satisfactory general answer.
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Officially, the lives of 362 workers including children were lost in theundergroundexplosion, leaving 250 widows and more than 1,000 children fatherless.
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It was a smallundergroundexplosionof 2.5 kilotons that was a part of the seismological program for oil and gas exploration.
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The classic method includes making anundergroundexplosionnearby and observing the seismic response that provides information about the geological structures under the ground.
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Anundergroundexplosionwas detected, its yield was estimated as less than a kiloton, and some radioactive output was detected.
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Drilling to obtain radioactive samples from a suspectedundergroundexplosionsite is also allowed.
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In 1986 a second disaster occurred, as anundergroundexplosion, which took the lives of 12 miners.
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This is the first recorded time that men felt a light earthquake from anundergroundexplosion.
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We find difficulties about testing of underground explosions or stratospheric explosions, but we are prepared to examine atmospheric explosions.
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We can keep militarily abreast by underground explosions.
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This may mean that fewer earthquakes than has hitherto appeared likely could be mistaken for underground explosions.
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They have to combat gas-filled mines, overcome rock falls in a blasted mine; contact and rescue injured men; and bring out broken bodies from underground explosions.
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French sappers started to undermine the walls and to damage them through underground explosions.
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The mine had a long history, closing in 1982; but also suffered several disasters, with four underground explosions between the dates of 1857 and 1876.
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Corregidor reverberated with many underground explosions for days afterward.
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Chang's power allows him to breathe huge flames which he uses to create tunnels in the earth and attack enemies with underground explosions.
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The complex geology and narrow seams made the coal extraction difficult; three underground explosions, in 1893, 1895 and 1908, were amongst the first attributable solely to airborne coal dust.
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Blacknest's main function is to develop and maintain expertise in using seismic techniques to detect and identify underground explosions.
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