set off explosives
Frequency: 6.79.5 per million words
to make explosives explode (phrasal verb)
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- The demolition team will set off the explosives at dawn.
- Police found devices designed to set off explosives remotely.
- The mining crew prepared to set off controlled explosives.
- Terrorists threatened to set off explosives in the building.
- The bomb squad safely set off the explosives in a controlled area.
- Construction workers will set off explosives to clear the rock.
- The timer was programmed to set off the explosives at midnight.
- Engineers used precision timing to set off the explosives in sequence.
- The saboteurs planned to set off explosives at the factory.
- Military experts know how to safely set off various types of explosives.