When alcohol consumption is stopped too abruptly, the person's nervous system suffers from uncontrolled synapse firing.

When the death sentence was passed, according to Moskalenko's later account, Beria pleaded on his knees for mercy before collapsing to the floor and wailing and crying energetically, but to no avail: the other six defendants were executed by firing squad on 23 December 1953, the same day as the trial, while Beria was fatally shot through the forehead by General Batitsky after the latter stuffed a rag into Beria's mouth to silence his bawling.

When the altimeters sensed the correct height, the firing switch closed, igniting the three BuOrd Mk15, Mod 1 Navy gun primers in the breech plug, which set off the charge consisting of four silk powder bags each containing two pounds of WM slotted-tube cordite.

When the Winter War broke out, Nevanlinna was invited to join the Finnish Army's Ballistics Office to assist in improving artillery firing tables.

When a cannon was fired, it partially disarmed the ship, so needlessly firing a cannon showed respect and trust.

When Lancia pioneered the V6 in 1950, they used a 60 ° angle between the cylinder banks and a six-throw crankshaft to achieve equally spaced firing intervals of 120 °.

When Buick designed a 90 ° V6 based on their 90 ° V8, they initially used a simpler three-throw crankshaft laid out in the same manner as the V8 with pairs of connecting rods sharing the same crankpin, which resulted in firing intervals alternating between 90 ° and 150 °.

When Lancia pioneered the 60 ° V6 in 1950, a 6-throw crankshaft was used to give equal firing intervals of 120 °.

When the mines are daisy chained together, one firing device can initiate several mines.

When it was realized that it was desirable to arm these scouts with a machine gun firing through the propeller, Fokker developed a synchronization gear similar to that patented by Franz Schneider.

When captured, John Derek Barker's role as a leader of mercenaries in Northern Angola led the judges to send him to face the firing squad.

When the US Army took over Shepton Mallet prison in Somerset during 1942, renaming it Disciplinary Training Center No. 1 and housing troops convicted of offences across Europe, 2 men were executed by firing squad for murder ; Pte Alexander Miranda on 30 May 1944 and Pte Bejamin Pigate on November 28, 1944.

When firing a gun, a flash is often seen at the muzzle ( known as a muzzle flash ) and is produced by the hot gases escaping the barrel.

When he first attempted to cross he was confronted by a small group of men from the Harrison County Legion firing artillery from the shore and armed men aboard the river boat Lady Pike.

When the British turned to flank him, he ordered a general retreat without so as much as firing a shot at the enemy, and his soldiers soon became disorganized.

When Smith starts firing at him, Macreedy shelters behind the Jeep.

When Mackay arrived they saw they had no hope of attacking Dundee's force, they instead deployed in a line and started firing on them with muskets.

When the cam raises the follower, the blue rod is depressed against the spring, enabling the yellow trigger plate to be reached when the purple firing button is pressed.

When time has run out, they go to a firing range, where a marksman fires a bullet through the watch they deem to be fake.

When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, it cited Iraq's non-compliance with the terms of cease-fire agreement for the 1990-1991 Gulf War, as well as planning in 1993 attempted assassination of former President George H. W. Bush and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones as its stated.

When he made his third and fourth firing passes, the Japanese planes were close enough to the American ships for them to fire their anti-aircraft guns.

When the album came out in January 1990, critical reception was mostly favorable: Rolling Stone gave the album three out of five stars and its readers and critics voted the Black Crowes ' Best New American Band ' in 1990 ; the band appeared on the cover of the magazine's 605th issue ( May 1991 ) following their firing from the ZZ Top tour in March that year.

When the trigger was pulled, the spring pushed the firing pin forwards into the bomb, which ignited the propellant in the bomb and launched it out of the trough and into the air.

When firing an armor-piercing shot, the gun's muzzle velocity was increased from to.

When we see the steady and methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man's worthlessness -- until redeemed -- the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon, a weapon designed and used time and time again in every age to whip men into a surrender to a particular church or church-state ''.

When the flamethrower that Gustav was using to attack Mister Fantastic with nearly endangered his art collection, Doctor Doom reversed the sonic weapon he planned to use on the Fantastic Four and ended up using it to kill Gustav Hauptmann.

When bodyguards are carrying a machine pistol in a concealed holster, they have to choose a weapon that does not have parts that might snag when the weapon is being withdrawn from the holster.

When used as a part of an incendiary weapon, napalm can cause severe burns ( ranging from superficial to subdermal ) to the skin and body, asphyxiation, unconsciousness, and death.

When the temporal weapon fires on an object, it moves that object outside the space-time continuum, eliminating the object from causality not only in the present and the future, but also the past, changing history to a state where the object never existed.

When first used by Commander Linx in The Time Warrior, it shows the ability to fire a beam which can disarm by knocking the weapon out of the wielder's hand, hypnotise, as well as cutting through wood and killing.

The Starfleet Engineering Corps ( also called the Starfleet Corps of Engineers ) is mentioned in several episodes in conjunction with projects such as hollowing out the underground laboratory complex inside the Regula I asteroid in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the design of the Yellowstone-class Runabout in the alternate timeline in the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Non Sequitur ", and devising a defense against the Breen energy-dampening weapon in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " When It Rains ..." As a result of these successes, Starfleet engineers have gained a reputation as the undisputed masters of technological adaptation and modification.

When Ulam returned to Los Alamos, his attention turned away from weapon design and toward the use of computers to investigate problems in physics and mathematics.

When Judson advances on Warden with the knife, Warden breaks a beer bottle in two and uses the jagged edge as a weapon.

When the gauge is completely filled up and the main character attacks with a weapon, he will perform a special attack.

When Maxim took the weapon apart to see what had happened, he discovered that it had been sabotaged, but it was too late to recover.

When the Germans arrive, Liz and Simon are initially captured, but then escape and succeed in helping young Frank Skinner carry out Traynor's orders to destroy the secret apparatus – a prototype laser weapon – before the Germans can seize it.

When United States Attorney General John Ashcroft on June 10, 2002, announced the arrest of José Padilla, allegedly plotting to detonate such a weapon, he said:

When Frodo was betrayed at the pass of Cirith Ungol, Samwise Gamgee saved it from being captured, but later returned the weapon to Frodo.

When Plato steps out of the observatory, he becomes agitated again at the sight of the police and charges forward, brandishing his weapon.

When the Narrator meets the artilleryman the second time, the artilleryman imagines a future where humanity, hiding underground in sewers and tunnels, conducts a guerrilla war, fighting against the Martians for generations to come, and eventually, after learning how to duplicate Martian weapon technology, destroys the invaders and takes back the Earth.

When at last she learns it, she arms herself as a shieldmaiden, and goes to Munarvoe in Samsø, in quest of the dwarf-cursed weapon.

When Stone Age humans first took a sliver of flint to tip the spear, it was the first example of applying technology to improve the weapon.

When the Soviet Union was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1941 the Mosin – Nagant 91 / 30 was the standard issue weapon of Soviet troops.

When discovered on the eve of World War II, this insight led multiple countries to begin programs investigating the possibility of constructing an atomic bomb — a weapon which utilized fission reactions to generate far more energy than could be created with chemical explosives.

When Arjuna defeated Karna in battle, it was in no small part because Karna had already expended his secret weapon.

When one citizen threatens another with a weapon without being in danger from the person he or she is threatening, this would be an example of the unlawful expression of force of arms.