verb (used with object) 1. to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill. 2. to draw or tug at with force. 3. to rend or tear: to pull a cloth to pieces.
The Love and Rayleigh waves (collectively known as surface waves) are the slowest moving but most damaging of the seismic waves.
These different points include the blast wave, shock waves, fragmentation, heat and the blast wind. 1  Blast wave: When a bomb explodes, the area around the explosion becomes overpressurized, resulting in highly compressed air particles that travel faster than the speed of sound. This initial blast wave inflicts the most damage. 2  When this blast wave reaches a structure or person, two things will initially happen. 3  First, the person will feel the force of the blast, which is the primary and initial impact of the shockwave. 4  This will damage a structure or body on impact.