Below you will find example sentences with "dirty bomb". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Dirty Bomb in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: bomb
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.7 words

Words in this phrase

dirty bomb

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • dirty can mean: Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. Frequent word
  • bomb can mean: An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a potential dirty bomb attack threat 1× a radiological dirty bomb not a 1× blast a dirty bomb scenario would 1× build nuclear dirty bomb austrian police 1× but a dirty bomb is a 1× constructing a dirty bomb 1× effect a dirty bomb but did 1× form of dirty bomb has been 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although the detonation 1× although there was 1× at cummings s 1× however i want 1× however uranium s 1× many experts believe 1×

Common sentence endings:

a dirty bomb 2× a conventional bomb 1× a theoretical possibility 1× a wide area 1× and al qaeda 1× dirty bomb attack 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

nuclear 7× qaeda 4× detonation 4× material 4× although 3× evidence 3× attack 3× use 3× citation 3× weapon 3× radiation 3× explosion 3×

Related phrases

atomic bomb bomb threats bomb threat bomb squad nuclear bomb

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around bomb:

atomic bomb 15× bomb threat 9× bomb squad 8× nuclear bomb 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

director steven director rob director jonathan director general director christopher director best

Just after it in the phrase index:

disaster declaration disaster management disaster relief disaster response discover financial discover new

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

atomic bomb nuclear bomb

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "dirty bomb" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a potential dirty bomb attack threat, a radiological dirty bomb not a, nuclear, qaeda and detonation stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with atomic bomb, bomb threats, bomb threat, atomic bomb, bomb threat and bomb squad, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with dirty bomb

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

At Cummings’s home, police radiological material and literature on constructing a dirty bomb. (14 words)

Two Brit doomsday preppers 'planned to build nuclear dirty bomb': Austrian police arrest pair and third. (16 words)

With no prior event of a dirty bomb detonation, it is considered difficult to predict the impact. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The Boston Marathon appeared to many to be a situation with high potential for use of a dirty bomb as a terrorist weapon. citation However, the bombing attack that occurred on April 15, 2013 did not involve use of dirty bombs. (41 words)

However, I want to reassure the local community and the wider public that, at this time, we have found no evidence that any form of 'dirty bomb' has been or was being constructed, nor any evidence that one was being planned. (41 words)

The failure of the "Bluegill" launch created in effect a dirty bomb but did not release the nuclear warhead's plutonium debris onto Johnston Atoll as the missile fell into the ocean south of the island and was not recovered. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Although there was no hard evidence for Al-Qaeda possessing a dirty bomb, there is a broad agreement that Al-Qaeda poses a potential dirty bomb attack threat King (2004); Ferguson et al.

However, uranium's relatively low radioactivity makes it a poor candidate for use in a dirty bomb. citation citation Little is known about civil preparedness to respond to a dirty bomb attack.

The Boston Marathon appeared to many to be a situation with high potential for use of a dirty bomb as a terrorist weapon. citation However, the bombing attack that occurred on April 15, 2013 did not involve use of dirty bombs.

The cloud of radiation from a dirty bomb could be dispersed within a few blocks or miles of the explosion, whereas a nuclear bomb could spread thousands of square miles.

Although the detonation of a dirty bomb using such a source might seem terrifying, it would be hard to assemble the bomb and transport it without severe radiation damage and possible death of the perpetrators involved.

Many experts believe that a dirty bomb such that terrorists might reasonably be able to construct would be unlikely to harm more than a few people and hence it would be no more deadly than a conventional bomb.

The material was unenriched and so could not be used to build a conventional fission bomb, but a dirty bomb is a theoretical possibility.

Two Brit doomsday preppers 'planned to build nuclear dirty bomb': Austrian police arrest pair and third.

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However, I want to reassure the local community and the wider public that, at this time, we have found no evidence that any form of 'dirty bomb' has been or was being constructed, nor any evidence that one was being planned.

At Cummings’s home, police radiological material and literature on constructing a dirty bomb.

Papadopoulos indictment is a riveting read – a sober, tautly worded document whose contents may have exploded across the news cycle like a dirty bomb, but which sticks to the facts.

Because of this a dirty bomb with radioactive material around an explosive device would be almost useless, unless said shielding was removed shortly before detonation.

Statements from the U.S. government after 9/11 may have contributed unnecessarily to the public fear of a dirty bomb.

The detonation of a "dirty bomb" would not cause a nuclear explosion, nor would it release enough radiation to kill or injure a large number of people.

The failure of the "Bluegill" launch created in effect a dirty bomb but did not release the nuclear warhead's plutonium debris onto Johnston Atoll as the missile fell into the ocean south of the island and was not recovered.

The other story is " Solution Unsatisfactory " which is concerned with a nuclear weapon, although it is only a radiological " dirty bomb ", not a nuclear explosive device.

The term dirty bomb refers to a specialized device that relies on a comparatively low explosive yield to scatter harmful material over a wide area.

The U.S. Government included statements made by Zubaydah in regards to al Qaeda's ability to obtain a dirty bomb to show a link between Iraq and al Qaeda.

Whereas a nuclear weapon will usually create mass casualties immediately following the blast, a dirty bomb scenario would initially cause only minimal casualties from the conventional explosion.

With no prior event of a dirty bomb detonation, it is considered difficult to predict the impact.

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