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1. (v.i.) detonate
to explode with sudden violence.
2. (v.t.) detonate
to cause to explode.
Etymology: (1720–30; < F)
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| Definition of 'detonate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) explode, detonate, blow up, set off
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
"We exploded the nuclear bomb"
2. (verb) detonate, explode, blow up
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"
"The Molotov cocktail exploded"
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1. (verb) detonate
to explode
Specialists detonated the car bomb.; explosives that detonated too soon
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| Definition of 'detonate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) detonate
to explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur
2. (verb) detonate
to cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report
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Sense: to (cause to) explode violently
This device detonates the bomb.
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 Afrikaans: laat ontplof |
 Arabic: يَتَفَجَّر، يَنْفَجِر |
 Bulgarian: възпламенявам |
 Brazilian: detonar |
 Czech: vybuchnout, přivést k výb |
 German: zur Explosion bringen |
 Danish: sprænge; detonere |
 Greek: εκπυρσοκροτώ, κάνω κτ. να |
 Spanish: detonar |
 Estonian: plahvatama (panema) |
 Farsi: منفجر کردن |
 Finnish: räjäyttää |
 French: (faire) détoner |
 Hebrew: לְפוֹצֵץ |
 Hindi: धमाका करना, होना |
 Croatian: detonirati |
 Hungarian: (fel)robbant |
 Indonesian: meledakkan |
 Icelandic: sprengja |
 Italian: detonare, far detonare |
 Japanese: 爆発させる |
 Korean: 폭발하다 |
 Lithuanian: sprogti, sprogdinti |
 Latvian: sprāgt; spridzināt |
 Malay: meletup |
 Dutch: (doen) ontploffen |
 Norwegian: sprenge(s), eksplodere |
 Polish: wybuchać, odpalać |
 Persian: منفجر کردن |
 Pashto: چاودل يا چول |
 Portuguese: detonar |
 Romanian: a detona |
 Russian: взрывать(ся) |
 Slovak: vybuchnúť, detonovať |
 Slovenian: sprožiti |
 Serbian: detonirati |
 Swedish: [få att] detonera |
 Thai: ระเบิด |
 Turkish: patla(t)mak |
 Taiwanese: 使爆炸，引爆 |
 Ukrainian: вибухати |
 Urdu: زور سے پھٹنا |
 Vietnamese: làm nổ |
 Chinese: 使爆炸，引爆 |
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