1.   The building collapsed in a deafening explosion.

2.   Four deafening explosions shattered the stillness of the night air.

3.   Observers reported hearing deafening explosions.

4.   Once again, the center of this city of one million people fell silent after several deafening explosions.

5.   Anti-aircraft guns opened fire in Baghdad Wednesday with deafening explosions.

6.   At three, a soldier pressed a detonator, triggering a deafening explosion that enveloped the drug lab in a fireball.

7.   Earlier, a pre-dawn air raid rocked Baghdad with deafening explosions.

8.   First there was a deafening explosion, then not a sound.

9.   Jovanka Todorovic heard the scream of low-flying jets followed by a deafening explosion.

10.   Residents ran out of their houses on hearing the deafening explosion.