Below you will find example sentences with "explosive device". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Explosive Device in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: device
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "explosive device" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after an explosive device went off, an explosive device planted in, improvised, ied and planted stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with mobile device, explosive substance, external device and mobile device, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with explosive device
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Drake pled guilty in April 2023 to possession of an unregistered explosive device and stalking. (15 words)
Nepper faces two charges, one of sending an explosive device and being in possession of an explosive device. (18 words)
An explosive device planted in a motorcycle was detonated with a remote-controlled device, Xinhua News Agency reported. (18 words)
At least one powerful explosive device laid by Palestinian militants and other fire disabled several Israeli armored vehicles in a village near Jenin at around 7 a.m. on Monday, complicating what had started out as an arrest raid, the military said. (42 words)
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) later attended the scene and confirmed that the device was a viable improvised explosive device (IED) containing a bottle full of broken glass and metal ball bearings, which could act as shrapnel. (36 words)
An explosive device planted under the railway tracks south of the capital has derailed a train, spilling vital grain supplies and forcing the shut down of rail services across the peninsula, it has been reported. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A former British Army bomb disposal officer explained that an explosive device has five main components: A container, a battery, a triggering device, a detonator and an explosive charge.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) later attended the scene and confirmed that the device was a viable improvised explosive device (IED) containing a bottle full of broken glass and metal ball bearings, which could act as shrapnel.
Nepper faces two charges, one of sending an explosive device and being in possession of an explosive device.
Authorities also said they found a small trove of stashed weapons including an explosive belt, several rifles and an explosive device.
An explosive device planted in a motorcycle was detonated with a remote-controlled device, Xinhua News Agency reported.
A robot device defuses an explosive device placed under a car in Ramat Hasharon on February 17, 2017.
Investigators at the scene found screws, metallic balls, batteries, a triggering device that can be used remotely and plastic pieces that may have come from the explosive device.
An explosive device planted under the railway tracks south of the capital has derailed a train, spilling vital grain supplies and forcing the shut down of rail services across the peninsula, it has been reported.
At least one powerful explosive device laid by Palestinian militants and other fire disabled several Israeli armored vehicles in a village near Jenin at around 7 a.m. on Monday, complicating what had started out as an arrest raid, the military said.
Drake pled guilty in April 2023 to possession of an unregistered explosive device and stalking.
For example, the IDF released images of a child’s school bag its forces found lying in a field that was booby-trapped, containing a remote-activated explosive device—weighing 7 kg.
Further, to warriors on the battlefield struggling to survive the next improvised explosive device (IED) or suicide bomber, war’s negative effects are pervasive and cumulative.
In early May, a train with seven freight wagons was derailed in the province after an explosive device went off.
In the aftermath of the encounter, the troops secured 63 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition, an improvised explosive device (IED) shell.
One of her most memorable days in Iraq, was the day her convoy ran over an Improvised Explosive Device or IED.
On February 10, two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Balochsitan’s Kohlu area.
On Sunday, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near an entrance to the Interior Ministry, hours before Erdogan was set to address Parliament as it returned from its summer recess.
Part of the explosive device was found on a roof, 40m from where it went off, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Police sources have confirmed that the blast was most likely caused by an explosive device previously planted inside the building.
Security forces have apprehended 11 members who placed an explosive device in a shopping mall and an urban forest area in Istanbul.