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det·o·nate

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–verb (used without object)

1.	to explode with suddenness and violence.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to cause (something explosive) to explode.

[Origin: 1720–30; < L détonātus thundered forth (ptp. of détonāre), equiv. to dé- de- + ton(āre) to thunder + -ātus -ate¹

]

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det·o·na·ble

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det·o·na·bil·i·ty, det·o·nat·a·bil·i·ty, noun

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det·o·nate Audio Help (dět'n-āt') Pronunciation Key
intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates
To explode or cause to explode.

[Latin dētonāre, dētonāt-, to thunder down : dē-, de- + tonāre, to thunder; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots.]

det'o·nat'a·ble adj.

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detonate
verb
1.	cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode]
2.	burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
detonate [ˈdetəneit] verb

to (cause to) explode violently
Example: This device detonates the bomb.

Arabic:	يَتَفَجَّر، يَنْفَجِر
Chinese (Simplified):	使爆炸, 引爆
Chinese (Traditional):	使爆炸, 引爆
Czech:	vybuchnout, přivést k výbuchu
Danish:	sprænge; detonere
Dutch:	(doen) ontploffen
Estonian:	plahvatama (panema)
Finnish:	räjäyttää, räjähtää
French:	(faire) détoner
German:	zur Explosion bringen
Greek:	εκπυρσοκροτώ, κάνω κτ. να εκπυρσοκροτήσει
Hungarian:	(fel)robbant
Icelandic:	sprengja
Indonesian:	meledakkan
Italian:	detonare, far detonare*

Japanese:	爆発させる
Korean:	터지다, 폭발시키다
Latvian:	sprāgt; spridzināt
Lithuanian:	sprogti, sprogdinti
Norwegian:	sprenge(s), eksplodere
Polish:	wybuchać, odpalać
Portuguese (Brazil):	detonar
Portuguese (Portugal):	detonar
Romanian:	a detona
Russian:	взрывать(ся)
Slovak:	vybuchnúť, detonovať
Slovenian:	sprožiti
Spanish:	detonar
Swedish:	detonera
Turkish:	patla(t)mak

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Detonate

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.

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Detonate

Det"o*nate\, v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.

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