plant explosives

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to place explosives in a location secretly in order to detonate them later

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Examples (10)

  • Terrorists plant explosives in crowded public places.
  • The rebels decided to plant explosives along the railway tracks.
  • Security forces discovered that someone had attempted to plant explosives in the building.
  • The demolition crew will plant explosives at strategic points to bring down the old bridge.
  • Intelligence reports suggest enemies may plant explosives near the embassy.
  • They planted explosives in the tunnel as shown in the example.
  • Military engineers plant explosives to clear obstacles from the battlefield.
  • The suspects were caught trying to plant explosives in the subway station.
  • Bomb disposal experts must carefully approach areas where criminals might plant explosives.
  • During wartime, saboteurs often plant explosives to destroy enemy infrastructure.