They made a first controlled explosion on the van at 10.10pm.

The police conducted nine controlled explosions of devices left in the car.

After a series of controlled explosions the car is taken away for further examination.

Buildings of this type are often brought down by controlled explosions.

He wondered if they really had considered a controlled nuclear explosion.

Security forces made the device safe using a controlled explosion.

The security forces carried out controlled explosions on the car.

Local residents were evacuated in case there needed to be a controlled explosion.

"Or a generator that gets its power from a controlled explosion."

"These things create a controlled explosion," she recalled the instructors saying.