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detonate (verb)

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  • detonate — ► VERB ▪ explode or cause to explode. DERIVATIVES detonation noun. ORIGIN Latin detonare, from tonare to thunder …   English terms dictionary

  • detonate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: French détoner to explode, from Latin detonare to expend thunder, from de + tonare to thunder more at thunder Date: 1729 intransitive verb to explode with sudden violence transitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • detonate — verb Detonate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bomb Detonate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bomb, ↑explosive, ↑mine …   Collocations dictionary

  • detonate — verb a) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression. b) To cause an explosion. Syn: blast, discharge …   Wiktionary

  • detonate — verb (I, T) to explode or make something explode, using special equipment …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • detonate — verb 1) the charge detonated on impact Syn: explode, go off, blow up, shatter, erupt; ignite; bang, blast, boom 2) they detonated the bomb Syn: set off, explode, discharge …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • detonate — UK [ˈdetəneɪt] / US [ˈdet(ə)nˌeɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms detonate : present tense I/you/we/they detonate he/she/it detonates present participle detonating past tense detonated past participle detonated to explode, or to make… …   English dictionary

  • detonate — [18] Detonate is related to thunder. It comes from the past participle of Latin dētonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘down’ and tonāre ‘thunder, roar’, which goes back to the same Indo European base (*ten , *ton ) as thunder. Latin …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • detonate — [18] Detonate is related to thunder. It comes from the past participle of Latin dētonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘down’ and tonāre ‘thunder, roar’, which goes back to the same Indo European base (*ten , *ton ) as thunder. Latin …   Word origins

  • detonate — [c]/ˈdɛtəneɪt / (say detuhnayt) verb (detonated, detonating) –verb (t) 1. to cause to explode. –verb (i) 2. to explode, especially with great noise, suddenness, or violence. {Latin dētonātus, past participle, thundered forth} …  

  • detonate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. set, touch, or let off; discharge, explode, blow up, shoot [off], fire; go off. See loudness, violence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. touch off, discharge, explode, blast; see explode 1 , shoot 1 . III… …   English dictionary for students

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