Assertion: plutonium | /r/HasProperty | compressed by chemical explosives
Facets:
value: powerfully
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: There are two stages in its operation: first, there is an implosion in which the plutonium is blown together and powerfully compressed by chemical explosives that surround it, and then there is the explosion in which neutrons are introduced to start a rapidly escalating chain reaction of fission processes that release an enormous amount of energy very rapidly to blow the system apart.