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self-detonation

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  • - Heroes die, including Paul Ballard (Tahmoh Penikett) via an unceremonious stray bullet to the brain and Topher Brink via self-detonation.

    ‘Dollhouse’ Episode 2.13 Recap: ‘Epitaph Two: Return’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • I was following along with your description of the Jehovah's Witnesses till you got to the self-detonation part.

    "Gotta blow my nose here for a second." Ann Althouse 2008

  • I was following along with your description of the Jehovah's Witnesses till you got to the self-detonation part.

    "Gotta blow my nose here for a second." Ann Althouse 2008

  • They can't forget his self-detonation with the Rangers, the series of wacky, trust-sapping incidents with the

    No love lost for Valentine 2000

  • There is a significant difference between a metaphysical declaration like "long live death" and bidding good riddance to Islamist thugs on a quest for martyrdom (A quest which was fulfilled by means of Israeli bullets, for which we should all be thankful, rather than by the far too common means of self-detonation in a crowded marketplace).

    Jay Currie 2010

  • It has to be said that this self-detonation amongst crowds of innocents is barbaric.

    A Tangled Web 2010

  • The Hornets are betting on a Jazz, Rockets or Blazers collapse, a self-detonation by the Grizzlies, Kings and Clippers and to be four games better than the heretofore better Thunder the rest of the way.

    Fanhouse Main 2009

  • Using a self-detonation system, the 20mm round from the rifle can track its target and explode three to four meters above it.

    Confederate Yankee 2009

  • The contacts and the fact that he's looking for martyrdom praying for self-detonation.

    The Jawa Report 2009

  • As radio-controlled technologies were being developed during the Cold War, the Soviet Red Army created its Teletank, a large, unmanned, heavily armored land vehicle equipped with machine guns, flamethrowers and a self-detonation system.

    IntelliBriefs 2008

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  • Ability to explode one's body mass and reform.

    May 15, 2008