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When anything sufficiently heavy presses down on a raised trigger (or plate), it sets off a chemical or electrical trigger, and the buried explosive detonates. Some mines explode when the trigger is depressed, while others explode when the weight is removed again.
The term "mine" comes from when miners would tunnel beneath fixed enemy positions and set off large quantities of explosives under them.
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What is the verb for explode?
The verb for explode is "explode."
How did magnetic mines work to destroy ships?
Magnetic mines were designed to detonate when a ship's magnetic field triggered their sensors. When a ship came close enough to the mine, the mine would be attracted to the ship's magnetic field and detonate, causing damage to the ship's hull.
What is the synonym for burst?
Explode, break
What is a synonym for the word explode?
blow, burst, detonate, pop, demolish
How hot does pencil lead have to be to explode?
Pencil lead used to explode fairly easily when I lived in Bulgaria in 1995. We used to make it explode with only a lighter. It would take about a minute to make a 2 inch piece of lead explode. When I moved to America, I was sad to find that American pencil lead does not explode.
Why do people set land mines in the ground?
People set land mines in the ground as a form of warfare to restrict enemy movement, protect valuable resources, or defend borders. Land mines are designed to explode when activated by pressure or proximity, causing injury or death to those nearby.
What are three true statements about land mines?
they will kill or maim you!they are usually buried underground or thrown in front of tanks.they come in multiple types anti personnel and anti armourTrue land mines; those that are normally factory built and designed for either anti-personnel or anti-vehicle (primarily anti-tank) are shape charges-extremely more powerful than any improvised device (homemade or utilizing found artillery shells).All land mines are indiscriminate; they will kill friend and foe alike. (until smart mines are developed).All land mines (until smart ones are developed) will kill long after a conflict is over with; and land mines are often forgotten...and never found again...until they explode.Older buried land mines can explode when temperatures drop.Buried land mines can remain undisturbed for decades-- until one explodes.
How many of the German bombs and mines that were dropped on England did not explode?
becky smith
What is one organization that is try to bane land mines?
what is the icbi trying to do to bane land mines
What do land mines do?
Land mines are what's triggered. They can be set to where there'll set off other land mines through sympathetic detonation, but they generally aren't used as a triggering device.
What do land mines trigger?
Land mines are what's triggered. They can be set to where there'll set off other land mines through sympathetic detonation, but they generally aren't used as a triggering device.
What where flails used for?
Flails were used on some WW2 tanks to explode buried mines in front of them.
What does landmine do?
LAND MINE DO BOOM! ....well yes they do boom but land mines explode when touched. A small landmine the size of a good-size rock can blow off an arm or kill a kid or severaly injure a man. There are landmines that kind of look like small conainers, i think someone told me those can explode a tank (the ones used in armies and whatnots)
Can you give me a sentence using the word explode?
If you step on a land mine, it will explode.
Would it be true or false that some land mines have interval detonations?
True, some land mines have interval detonations.
How many countries signed a treaty banning land mines?
124 singed it to bann land mines hopped it helped
Which organizations are trying to ban land mines?
Halo, they are clearing the world of land mines and saving many lives in the process.
