Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Detonate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down;
de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder},
and cf. {Detonize}.]
To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with
sulphur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. t.
To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a
sudden report.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
detonate
v : cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: {explode},
{blow up}, {set off}]
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