Sentences with phrase «struck by a bomb»

He was returning from Kandahar Airfield after trying to meet local officials when his lightly armoured G - Wagon was struck by a bomb - laden vehicle on a busy thoroughfare at the edge of the city.

Not exact matches

And if the blast appears to be caused by a hydrogen bomb, it would show North Korea could pull off a devastating thermonuclear strike on US soil.

We often read in the press rather alarming stories about the rise of an ugly and belligerent nationalism in China, but while these stories are certainly very real, after the November 13 bombings in Paris I was struck by a very different kind of Chinese behavior.

The state of emergency has been in place since April 2017 after bombings struck two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday, later claimed by the Islamic State terror group.

Military experts can discuss «first strike,» «second strike,» and «counter-strike-with bonus»; but beyond these semantic exercises, it is obvious to the careful inquirer that both the U.S. and the USSR are now equipped to eliminate each other as viable societies by exploding a few large hydrogen bombs high in the stratosphere, generating firestorms of meteorological dimensions.

Picasso's «Guernica» depicted the horrors of the bombing by Nazi planes of a tiny village during the Spanish Civil War, making striking use of the cross to drive home the inhumanity of modern warfare.

The report documents why (one of) the explanation offered by Russia (a bomb strike on a sarin stocking site) is implausible: the nerve agent would then have been burnt and buried and not released in such huge quantities in the air.

Labour MPs to get free vote on Syria strikes Labour members oppose Syria bombing by three - to - one Jeremy Corbyn warns Labour MPs over Syria

At the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaders.

A relatively small 150 - foot asteroid that struck Tunguska, Siberia, in 1908 packed the punch of 15 million tons of TNT, equivalent to the largest nuclear bomb ever detonated by the United States.

7 Other beneficiaries of the Freak Lab Mishap include Plastic Man (struck by a falling drum full of acid), the Hulk (irradiated by an experimental bomb), and of course, Spider - Man (bitten by a radioactive spider).

The plot involves a failed attempt at a nuclear strike by the Israelis, leaving behind an active nuclear bomb found by poor local Arabs who sell it to an unscrupulous band of terrorists.

According to Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria's female bombers article by Clothia Farouk (2014) «Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram is accused of unleashing a new weapon of war — the female suicide bomber strike -LSB-...] Boko Haram had turned some of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in April into human bombs» (as cited in the BBC news).

In a country ripped apart by war, Tareq lives with his big and loving family... until the bombs strike.

The references to historical events, such as the industrial explosion that sent cascades of molasses through the streets of Boston, the bombing of the United States Attorney General's home, and the climactic strike by the Boston police and the chaos that ensued, sent me on an Internet search for more information.

An explosion is now triggered from the roof when this happens - Ra (Scarab mode, Tag Combo Ranged Attack): Fixed effect camera - Ra (Bomb mode, Special Move 1): Fixed bug where explosion would trigger out of bounds when using move near a border - Slayer (high Melee Attack): Adjusted trajectory of opponent upon final strike - Loki (Character Special Ability, Tag Combo): Fixed bug where, if you triggered an Awakening while Loki is carrying a pizza box, two boxes were shown during the Awakening trigger - effect delay time - Loki (Calorie Gauge): Fixed bug where the «almost out» animation that triggers when the gauge goes below 25 % remained on even after the gauge was filled up via Character Special Ability, etc. - Loki (arms when damaged): Fixed bug where arm animation would occasionally stop after Loki takes damage - Kali (Special Move 1): Fixed bug where the Special Move 1 cancel effect wasn't applied if the move was launched by Kali during an attack - Kali (Ranged Attack): Fixed bug where the attack direction of the chakrams wasn't a fixed constant, occasionally making guards from the front appear not to work - Kali (Ranged Attack): Fixed bug where, if you used a Character Special Ability cancel right after firing, Kali's chakrams would remain on her arms even while she throws them - Fixed items giving you more Skill Cube space - Character tutorial (Loki): Fixed bug where, if you complete the transform tutorial and go into free practice without finishing the tutorial, no calories were earned for blowing yourself up via Character Special Ability, etc. to refill calories.

Motorised mayhem is carried out in a range of environments from competing to capture a golden totem in a lost temple, a wild ascent to an infernal mountain peak, an ice hockey tournament between racing cars, tossing a time bomb between opponents before the countdown strikes and a paintball contest powered by a player's own engine.

Special moves are charged when you attack enemies — While Link is fighting, Hylian Troops also fight — They don't mind if you accidentally hit them in the heat of battle — Impa is in the demo and she gives Link tips — Tutorials also have the classic «hey, listen» line when they pop up — Castle Keep has a power up bomb — This is a one use item with a huge blast radius — Link can also collect Rupees dropped by enemies and glowing hearts to restore his life — E3 demo ends with a King Dodongo boss fight who appears at the North Square — King Dodongo breaths a cone of fire Link has to dodge — The trick to beating him is throwing bombs in his mouth when he inhales — Then Link can follow up with a combo ending with a fatal downward slash — Zelda uses a glowing rapier to fight — Has a combo where she darts left and right — Zelda has 3 orbs — You can charge these by pressing heavy attack and then use orbs as combo finishers like creating a golden triangle on the ground that damages all of the enemies inside it — Zelda also has a combo ending with a barrage of arrows from a golden bow — Zelda's special move is a charged bow strike that knocks enemies back — Lizardos was the first enemy with a weak point and if you hit him on the head you'll knock him down — Fill up your Focus Spirit meter with magic jars — When this is full you can press R to get a speed and attack burst — Your character will glow yellow and get a new combo too — Zelda can use three elemental magic spells as her Focus Spirit combo — Hyrule Warriors says «Zelda defeated Moblin» when you knock out a general

It was bombed by the British and restored in the 1960's by the famous Italian architect Carlo Scarpa into one of the most striking museums in Italy.

A fatal crash of a plane they took last week or were planning to take next week or take regularly, a bomb that rocks through our favorite coffee shop or hotel or our local airport — these are the events that shake us to our core despite statistics telling us we have a MUCH greater chance of being struck by lightning than dying in a terrorist attack.

I wonder what is the difference between an 18 year old idiot in London who tried to kill a few dozen people with a home - made bomb because he believed terrorist propaganda that he read on the internet, and a woman who is willing to kill her own child because she believes anti-vaccination propaganda by idiots who believed other idiots who believed other idiots who believed a doctor who is now struck off because he created fake research «proving» exactly the results he was paid to «prove».

Awoke this morning to news that a car dump in the North was on fire, caused by a lightning strike, and they were about to commence water bombing because it was that big... chaos in Craigieburn (ironic, no?).