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detonate

DEFINITIONS OF: detonate

1

v cause to burst with a violent release of energy

Synonyms:
blow up, explode, set off
Types:
fulminate
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
dynamite
blow up with dynamite
Type of:
change integrity
change in physical make-up

v burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"

Synonyms:
blow up, explode
Launch
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