detonationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌdet.ənˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdet̬.ənˈeɪ.ʃən/the act of exploding something, or the fact of being exploded:
Underground nuclear detonations are believed to have been carried out.
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Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitz
- direct hit
- dive-bomb
- firebomb
- first strike
- go off
- let loose sth idiom
- let sth off
- mine
- shoot
- shoot sth down
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike home idiom
- torpedo
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