controlled blast
Deliberate destructive detonation
A controlled blast is an explosion set off deliberately under planned conditions, typically for demolition, mining, or construction purposes.
The term emphasizes that the blast is intentional and managed rather than accidental: Engineers used a controlled blast to bring down the old bridge.
Safety measures, timing, and blast radius are calculated in advance.
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- fire in the holePre-detonation verbal alert
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- implosionViolent collapse inward
charge · dynamite · timer · fuse · rubble · quarry · mining · shockwave · shock wave · debris · sequenced · precision · C4 · triggered · collapse · safety perimeter · safety zone · clear the area
- demolitiondemolish, raze, bulldoze, wreck, wrecking ball
- Explosionsexplosion, detonation, boom, bang, burst
- deminingmine detector, deminer, mine sweeper, minefield, landmine
controlled blastnuclear explosion
Violent atomic energy release
carpet bombing · total destruction · firestorm · conflagration
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