Since we knew nothing about the bomb, and since a bomb actually was exploded, and since the authorities had prepared in advance for the explosion, it is only fair to conclude that the Iron Heel did know.
At the trial, and still with honest belief, several testified to having seen Ernest prepare to throw the bomb, and that it exploded prematurely.
The instant after a shell
exploded in the garden outside, within a few yards of the window.
What puzzled the police was the fact, not merely that he had been shot with his own revolver, but that the revolver had been
exploded in the drawer of his desk.
The worthy father had soon a satisfactory proof of the truth of their information, for the very place was found where a rock had burst and
exploded from its entrails a stony mass, like a bomb-shell, and of the size of a bull's heart.
At the last a charge of gunpowder was fired, and the concussion
exploded the dynamite.
Jerry had just gained the doorway when the shell
exploded. The house went into flying fragments, and Nalasu flew into fragments with it.
If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely
exploded and that a modern system of science had been introduced which possessed much greater powers than the ancient, because the powers of the latter were chimerical, while those of the former were real and practical, under such circumstances I should certainty have thrown Agrippa aside and have contented my imagination, warmed as it was, by returning with greater ardour to my former studies.
"A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes," answered the Roman Candle in a low whisper; and the Cracker nearly
exploded with laughter.
The bullet striking the wooden casing of the window
exploded, blowing a hole completely through the wood and masonry.
His revolver
exploded harmlessly in the air, and then another hand wrenched it from him and hurled it far into the underbrush.
The wounded terrier
exploded in a futile snap at Michael's tongue and nose.