bomb defusal
Disarming dangerous ordnance
Bomb defusal is the process of disabling an explosive device to prevent detonation.
The term applies both to real-world work by explosive ordnance disposal technicians and to a popular video game scenario where one team plants a bomb and the other must defuse it: The defusal took forty tense seconds.
Also spelled bomb diffusal, though technically incorrect.
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
- wiresMetallic electrical conductors
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- ticking clockClock making sound
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- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- game modeseasy mode, ranked match, deathmatch, hard mode, practice match
- dramatic momentsclimax, finale, showdown, confrontation, revelation
- precision workwatchmaking, microsurgery, diamond cutting, gem cutting, clockwork
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, urgency
- Paintballpaintball, paintballs, paintball gun, marker, hopper
bomb defusaldetonation
Explosive ignition event
explosion · bombing · triggering · demolition · setting off
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