How to Use electromagnetic pulse in a Sentence

electromagnetic pulse

noun

• In the case of elves, the light is the result of an electromagnetic pulse produced by the lightning bolt itself.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2019
• The work tracks how energy spreads out from the site of a lightning bolt into the ionosphere via an electromagnetic pulse.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2019
• No weapon is without risks, but those that rely on electromagnetic pulse to achieve effects are safer than most.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2022
• An electromagnetic pulse fries cellphones within 5 kilometers, and the power grid across much of the city goes dark.
  — M. Mitchell Waldrop, Science | AAAS, 12 Apr. 2018
• The weapon should have the ability to fry a target’s electronics with an electromagnetic pulse.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2021
• The scripts also mention scenarios of an attack on the US with an electromagnetic pulse or war with North Korea.
  — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2019
• Lonsdale explained that the basic idea behind Epirus is to use electromagnetic pulse weapons (EMPs).
  — Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• Researchers found the nerve effects were not caused by shock wave or heat, but by the electromagnetic pulse produced by the expanding plasma fireball.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2022
• The phenomenon of a large electromagnetic pulse is not new.
  — James Conca, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• An electromagnetic pulse can take out everything all at once.
  — WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
• The bombing sequence midway through the film lasts over four minutes, beginning with an electromagnetic pulse that shuts down the power grid and knocks out all the vehicles attempting to flee on the local highway.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2020
• President Trump has been nominated a fifth time for the Nobel Peace Prize, this time by the leaders of the effort to protect the nation’s electric grid from a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2020
• The idea of sticking an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) warhead on a hypersonic missile seems logical enough.
  — Michael Peck, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• But the movie utterly fails when the underground explosion causes an electromagnetic pulse.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018
• And when students asked to make electromagnetic pulse technology, the school graciously accepted, Ars wrote.
  — Don Reisinger, Fortune, 26 June 2018
• This rapid movement generates an electromagnetic pulse or EMP.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• An electromagnetic pulse is directed into the ground, and any objects or layering (stratigraphy) will be detectable in the reflections picked up by a receiver, just like regular radar.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 June 2020
• Impenetrable from the outside, the bunker can resist any electromagnetic pulse, even a nuclear attack.
  — Trina Thompson, Fox News, 11 May 2018
• The station had had no protection from the electromagnetic pulse that can travel down the antenna and shatter the inner workings of electronic equipment during a nuclear explosion.
  — Nan Randall, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2018
• The intense heat would set gas lines, fuel tanks, and power lines on fire, and an electromagnetic pulse created by the explosion would knock out most computers, cell phones, and communication towers within several miles.
  — Daily Intelligencer, 12 June 2018
• Other versions of the rumor said the Pentagon plans to launch a massive electromagnetic pulse on that day, obliterating the power grid and communication networks, triggering a civil war.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• An electromagnetic pulse disables a secure building and disrupts the bio-electric signals in everyone’s minds, trapping a group of video game designers and turning each floor into a psychotic battlefield.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 14 Aug. 2022
• The planes start with a standard 747 and add state-of-the-art communications, missile avoidance systems, inflight refueling, VIP interior and protections from the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear blast.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 June 2021
• It's secured by two massive 23-ton blast doors, completely sealing it off from the outside world to survive a nuclear strike, or maintain communications after an electromagnetic pulse attack.
  — Scott McLean, CNN, 11 May 2018
• Look at the pretty electromagnetic pulse hellbent on wiping out humanity, instead!
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• This could mean a simulation of electromagnetic pulse attacks, but some observers doubt whether North Korea has mastered key technologies to obtain such an attack capability.
  — Hyung-Jin Kim, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
• The aircraft are also shielded from the effects of electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a phenomenon in which stray voltage created by a nuclear explosion can short out and otherwise cause nearby electronics to malfunction and fail.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2020
• In other recent conversations, preppers discussed which flashlights could function in the event of an electromagnetic pulse attack, and compared the performance of portable water purifiers.
  — Min Sun Lee, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
• But calling 911 would be pointless, because all networks would be destroyed and electronic devices would be rendered inoperable by electromagnetic pulse.
  — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
• An electromagnetic pulse could take down an electrical power grid, causing economic chaos rather than human casualties.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024