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verb (used without object), det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing.to explode with suddenness and violence. verb (used with object), det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing.to cause (something explosive) to explode. Origin of detonate1720–30; <Latin dētonātus thundered forth (past participle of dētonāre), equivalent to dē-de- + ton(āre) to thunder + -ātus-ate1 OTHER WORDS FROM detonatedet·o·na·ble [det-n-uh-buhl], /ˈdɛt n ə bəl/, det·o·nat·a·ble, adjectivedet·o·na·bil·i·ty, det·o·nat·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·det·o·nat·ing, adjectiveun·det·o·nat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby detonatedethrone, detick, det. in dup., detinue, Detmold, detonate, detonation, detonator, detour, detox, detoxicate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for detonateOperators on the ground chose to detonate the rocket shortly after launch once it was established that there were problems. Harry Potter Raps, The Catcalls Heard ‘Round the World and More Viral Videos|Alex Chancey|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was referring to the lone wolves such as ISIS is now urging online to detonate pipe bombs in Times Square. The Loser Who Wanted to Be the ISIS Agent Next Door|Michael Daly|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST That a suicide bomber will detonate himself in the middle of Fifth Avenue? Nathaniel Rich: How I Write|Noah Charney|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST NBC president Warren Littlefield told the writers to construct the episodes to allow Bobby to “detonate” with his impressions. Why My Show Must Succeed|David A. Goodman|October 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Times Square, New York City May 1, 2010 Faisal Shahzad Failed attempt to detonate a vehicle bomb in Times Square. Forty-Five Foiled Terror Plots Since 9/11|John Avlon|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST Regulus of Antimony mixed with nitre, and projected into a red-hot crucible, sets the nitre in a flame, and makes it detonate. Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph Macquer These are powerful explosives which are set so they will detonate at a certain depth. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights|Kelly Miller They could detonate a charge of explosives over our heads, or clear out of the dome and drop one down the well. Last Enemy|Henry Beam Piper The force of the wind was expected to detonate the explosives by driving a movable board against percussion caps. Meteorology|Charles Fitzhugh Talman Ton, half-ton and two-ton bombs began to detonate, fifty fathoms down. Talents, Incorporated|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
British Dictionary definitions for detonate
verbto cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode or (of a bomb, mine, etc) to explode; set off or be set off Word Origin for detonateC18: from Latin dētonāre to thunder down, from de- + tonāre to thunder Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to detonateexplode, blast, blow up, burst, discharge, bang, fulminate, mushroom, let go, shoot off, touch off |