Meaning of DETONATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'det`neyt
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- [v] explode; "the bomb detonated at noon"
- [v] cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
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| | Synonyms: | | blow up, set off |
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| | See Also: | | burst, change integrity, dynamite, explode, fulminate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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