11.   A few seconds later, they heard a small explosion, a loud pop, like a grenade going off.

12.   A cluster bomb throws out smaller bombs that saturate the target area with small explosions.

13.   A small explosion followed.

14.   But he delighted in small explosions, and he never hesitated to set them off when he thought it would do a discipline good.

15.   But Washington wants the right to conduct laboratory simulations and very small nonradioactive explosions to test the safety and reliability of existing stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

16.   Huge casualties were avoided because the car carrying the bomb erupted in several small explosions and then belched smoke for over one minute before detonating, according to witnesses.

17.   However, biological weapons are easier to handle than other weapons of mass destruction, and could conceivably cause even more deaths than a small nuclear explosion.

18.   In fact, the physics of small high-energy explosions makes finding such evidence a considerable challenge.

19.   Moments later, the same car had pulled into the market and a small explosion and puff of smoke came from it.

20.   Other scientists believe a relatively small chemical explosion might divert an asteroid safely, provided it was detonated long enough in advance.