Sentences with phrase «snaps under the force»

On the tiny island of Barbuda — where the hurricane first made landfall — cell towers snapped under the force of 185 - mile per hour winds, cutting off communication.

Not exact matches

In previous research, Amir observed that under similar bending forces bacteria become plastically deformed, meaning when the bending force was removed, E. coli cells snapped back to a straighter, but still bent, shape.
The trouble with CFRP is that under some conditions — the high g forces, for example, that can be experienced during severe turbulence — it can snap rather than give way gradually under stress like aluminium.
In other words, when unexpected change comes around, demanding you rise to the challenge, it's body - based practices that will help you bend like a vital green twig under the stressful forces of change rather than snapping like a dried - out branch.
They release under undo force instead of breaking and snapping.
Before we break to top up our coffees and stretch our legs, this picture was snapped by my partner while I was crouched under the basement stairs, trying to locate a pet boa constrictor that got out of his enclosure by what appeared to be sheer brute force and determination.
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