| 单词 | detonate |
| 释义 | detonate (once / 2604 pages) v Boom! To detonate is to explode or cause something to explode. If a bad guy lights the fuse of a stick of dynamite, run before it detonates! In war, there is a lot of detonating, which is when something violently explodes, like bombs or grenades. When someone steps on a landmine, it detonates. The detonating of nuclear bombs devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. Also, to detonate is to set off a bomb. Pushing a button, flicking a switch, or lighting a fuse could detonate a bomb. Either way, to detonate is to blow up. WORD FAMILYdetonate: detonated, detonates, detonating, detonation, detonative, detonator+/detonation: detonations/detonator: detonators USAGE EXAMPLESOnce the workers gathered around, he detonated the vehicle. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Cakmak, the security guard, was working at the stadium when the car bomb detonated on Dec. 11, Turkish media reported. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The men then detonated explosive belts they were wearing, killing themselves and the two security men. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v cause to burst with a violent release of energy Syn|Hypo|Hyper blow up, explode, set off fulminate cause to explode violently and with loud noise dynamiteblow up with dynamite change integrity change in physical make-up 2v burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon" Syn blow up, explode |
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