Word: blasting
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...TONS Weight of the satellite-guided Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs," tested in Florida last week. After impact, a plume of smoke 3,100 meters high was visible for 64 kilometers...
...field goals this year and has missed six extra points. Yale junior kicker John Troost might be the team’s best player. He is 13-for-16 on field goals, with a long of 44 yards. Harvard’s long is 33-yards. Adam Kingston can blast kickoffs out of the end zone but has been inconsistent...
...fields and warehouses believed to be used by guerrillas - not that the guerrillas are present at the time, it's principally a display of firepower intended to cow the resistance and its supporters into submission. To the same end tanks parade slowly through the streets of Tikrit, helicopter gunships blast buildings in Baghdad and the homes of suspected guerilla fighters are demolished, Israeli-style, by military sappers. Overkill? Of course. The whole point is to put on a fireworks display so terrifying that it makes resistance seem futile. But "Shock and Awe" had little effect the first time around...
...universe would hang on the outcome of a kung-fu fight between Neo and Smith. It comes at the end on and above city streets in a slow, heavy rain. The trilogy ascends and soars with the two combatants and ends not with a whimper but with a blast of light...
...Ozudogru, who runs a small chandelier business, was one of the first to the Galata blast. "Arms and legs and bits of flesh were everywhere," he said. "It was hard to know how to help, as the bodies were so mangled. I saw one person totally burnt, with just his eyes moving.? Sirens wailed through the morning; hospitals put out an urgent plea for blood. The roof of Neve Shalom caved in and half the buildings on the street were gutted. Twisted pieces of the vehicle carrying the bomb-reportedly a red Fiat that cameras caught parking in front...