About The Word Detonate
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Detonate
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What's The Definition Of Detonate?
[v] explode; "the bomb detonated at noon"
[v] cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" Synonyms | Synonyms for Detonate: blow up | set off Related Terms | Find terms related to Detonate: backfire | bang | bark | blast | blow out | blow up | burst | bust | charge | coal | cock | crack | discharge | drop | eject | explode | feed | fell | fill up | fire | fire off | fuel | fuel up | fulminate | go off | gun | gun for | hit | let fly | let off | load | mushroom | oil | pelt | pepper | pick off | pistol | plug | pop | pot | potshoot | potshot | prime | refuel | riddle | set off | shoot | shoot at | shoot down | snipe | stoke | strike | take a potshot | top off | torpedo | touch off See Also | burst | change integrity | dynamite | explode | fulminate Detonate In Webster's Dictionary \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down;
de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder},
and cf. {Detonize}.]
To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with
sulphur.
\Det"o*nate\, v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report. |
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