It startled him more than the small and distant detonation that had come just before.

Was such a small detonation enough to ignite a nuclear device?

The 6 to 8 cm thick walls of the kiln are designed to withstand small detonations.

Another smaller detonation cracked out from the far side of the blaze.

There was automatic fire and the sound of small detonations.

The result was a small nuclear detonation in the lance corporal's hands.

Before the doctor could open fire in turn, a small detonation followed that literally ripped apart the robot leader.

Kirk hauled it downward and heard the sound of small detonations through the water.

A few yards farther on a second blast, a series of small detonations dimmed the lights.

Culley heard a small detonation in his face, like a damp stick breaking.