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Piplot Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is correct this expression? Thanks in advance.

It had orders to blow up the bomb at 680 meters above ground.
  

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No. They had orders to detonate the bomb at 680 meters above the ground might work. The bomb was set to detonate 680 meters above the ground would probably be better for your purpose.

— Blue Jay

  • No.
  • They had orders to detonate the bomb at 680 meters above the ground might work.
  • The bomb was set to detonate 680 meters above the ground would probably be better for your purpose.
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No. They had orders to detonate the bomb at 680 meters above the ground might work.
The bomb was set to detonate 680 meters above the ground would probably be better for your purpose.
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Blow up is not wrong, but the usual term for setting off a bomb is detonate.
Detonate means to (cause something to) explode.
Blow up means to explode, but it can also mean to destroy by means of an explosion.
Blow up could be misunderstood to mean that they destroyed the bo
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