Detonate
['detəneɪt] or ['dɛtənet]
Definition
(verb.) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;'the bomb detonated at noon'; 'The Molotov cocktail exploded'.
Typed by Hiram--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
(v. t.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Editor: Tamara
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Explode (with a loud report), detonize.
v. a. Detonize, cause to explode.
Edited by Lizzie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Explode, pop
ANT:Smoulder, hang, puff
Typed by Clarissa
Definition
v.i. to explode.—v.t. to cause to explode.—ns. Detonā′tion an explosion with report; Det′onator a detonating substance: an apparatus for the explosion of a detonating substance as a percussion-cap.—Detonating powder powder such as the fulminates which explodes easily by impact or heating and which may be used to cause other substances to explode.
Typist: Wolfgang
Examples
- But I have thought of a way to detonate using a grenade. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In 1807 he patented in England detonating powder and pellets which were used for artillery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Alexander John Forsyth, a Scotch clergyman, was the first to apply a percussion or detonating compound, as set forth in his British patent No. 3,032, of 1807. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Cavallo, who suggested the setting fire to combustibles, or the explosion of detonating substances, as the means of signalling intelligence. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Editor: Madge