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 Related forms 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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