Planes 1 and 2 were shot down by the 5-inch battery, and Plane 3 exploded about 500 yards off the starboard beam.

A gasoline tank exploded, off there in the darkness.

The heavy bomb exploded less than 50 years off the port quarter of the ship.

If a country had a fireball explode three miles off their coast, I'd don't think they'd be too happy.

Using a proximity fuse they exploded a mere meter off the ground.

The boom-stones had been exploding overhead off and on all afternoon.

The naval surface-to-air missile exploded less than a hundred feet off their left side, violently shaking the big bomber.

At about 0500, a bomb exploded about 200 feet off her starboard quarter.

It hit the water, bounced over the fantail, and exploded just off the port quarter.

The 40 mm grenade exploded against the leafy boughs twelve feet off the ground and just short of his position.