A region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity.
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Examples for "shock wave "
Examples for "shock wave "
1 The shock wave caught him from the side, tumbling him over wildly.
2 Bad. He blinks, and warning scorches the air like a shock wave .
3 There had been no explosion, no shock wave rumbling through the rock.
4 And she's not even standing in the path of the shock wave .
5 Some little press of a shock wave , a whisper-thin breath of atmosphere.
1 Without any air, there is no medium to propagate a blast wave .
2 A blast wave striking the underside will be 'reflected' back at the ground.
3 The Exodus Fleet was hurried on its way by a supernova blast wave .
4 Kelly's armour hardened protectively as the blast wave slammed into her.
5 Against the blast wave of an explosion, it didn't do jack.
6 The blast wave picked up Var and slammed her back against the airlock.
7 Mar Mikhael was one of the areas worst hit by the blast wave .
8 Those not killed by blast wave or shrapnel would be the lucky ones.
9 The enormous blast wave was enough to kill almost everyone in the park.
10 The blast wave came through and battered the five students there into literal pulp.
11 Windows all along the street blew out under the impact of the blast wave .
12 Let the blast wave have killed him before he had time to burn alive.
13 For a moment the room shook and concussed -but then came a blast wave .
14 The blast wave would slaughter everyone inside when it hit, even without the fireball's help.
15 The blast wave washed over them a moment later.
16 However, the blast wave at these locations was not as strong as had been expected.
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