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controlled explosion
noun[ C ]
uk /kənˌtrəʊld ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/ us /kənˌtroʊld ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
an occasion when a bomb or similar device is made to explode in a carefully controlled way:
Experts set off a controlled explosion in the van.
Controlled explosions were carried out on the devices that had been placed near two separate banks.
Military bomb disposal experts conducted a controlled explosion of a suspicious vehicle.
The World War 2 bomb was taken to deeper water and detonated in a controlled explosion.
Army bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on a hoax device.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exploding and erupting
blast
blow
blow (someone/something) up
blowout
burst in on someone/something
burst in/into (somewhere)
detonate
detonator
erupt
explosively
explosiveness
flame
go off
go popidiom
go up
implode
implosion
pop
unexploded
unspent
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