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noun
1.
the act of detonating.
2.
an explosion.
3.
Machinery. the premature spontaneous burning of a fuel–air mixture in an internal-combustion engine due to the high temperature of air compressed in a cylinder.
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Detonative
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detonation
1670s, "explosion accompanied by loud sound," from Fr. détonation, from M.L. detonationem, from L. detonare "to release one's thunder, roar out," from de- "down" + tonare "to thunder" (see thunder). Sense of "act of causing to explode" (mid-18c.) developed in French.
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