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detonate
[det-n-eyt]
verb (used without object)
to explode with suddenness and violence.
verb (used with object)
to cause (something explosive) to explode.
detonate
/ ˈɛəˌԱɪ /
verb
to cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode or (of a bomb, mine, etc) to explode; set off or be set off
Other 51Թ Forms
- detonable adjective
- detonatable adjective
- detonability noun
- detonatability noun
- nondetonating adjective
- undetonated adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of detonate1
Example Sentences
The comments detonated like a cannon across the bow of U.S.-Mexico relations, reverberating on social media and on Mexican news channels.
Guy Edward Bartkus, the primary suspect, is believed to have detonated a bomb at American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs on May 17, killing himself and injuring at least four people.
Investigators said it was a crude but deadly device wrapped in jute thread, rigged to detonate on opening.
On Saturday morning, a bomb was detonated at American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs, destroying much of the building, injuring four people and killing the suspected bomber.
The bomb that detonated at the fertility clinic in this resort city last Saturday injured four people and killed the suspected bomber, 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, who lived about an hour away in Twentynine Palms.
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