most detonatable

det·o·nate

[det-n-eyt] verb, det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing.
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; < Latin dētonātus thundered forth (past participle of dētonāre), equivalent to dē- de- + ton(āre) to thunder + -ātus -ate1

det·o·na·ble [det-n-uh-buhl] , det·o·nat·a·ble, adjective
det·o·na·bil·i·ty, det·o·nat·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·det·o·nat·ing, adjective
un·det·o·nat·ed, adjective
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detonate (ˈdɛtəˌneɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
to cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode or (of a bomb, mine, etc) to explode; set off or be set off
 
[C18: from Latin dētonāre to thunder down, from de- + tonāre to thunder]

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detonate
1729, from L. detonat-, pp. stem of detonare (see detonation).
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