The explosion smashed him to the floor; the concussion kept him there, stunned, sick but still alive, and conscious that those sturdy walls had survived the almost intolerable blow.

I wonder if - " He had begun to turn and look at her when the first explosion smashed the evening quiet.

But the explosion had also smashed water pipes, spewing 1.8 million gallons of water into the underground levels, overwhelming the emergency generators.

The explosion ripped off Harukaze's rudder and both screws, bent the shafts, and smashed a huge hole in the after end of the ship.

The explosion smashed a hole in the side of the building and set fire to the interior.

The dynamite in the barrel-shaped structure was sufficient to blast the entire wooden structure to kindling, and such an explosion would smash the observation tower flat.

Another explosion, the detonating warhead of a 1*1*1 robot missile, smashes my number three left-forward road wheel, sending it flying in a scattering ofduraUoy fragments.

The explosion tore the mass of bronze from its niche and smashed it on the ground.

Aragon released her life rafts but the explosion had smashed one of her lifeboats and her increasing list prevented her crew from launching some of the remainder.

A huge explosion smashed the hull near the stern in the engine room and hold number three.