detonate (verb)
1detonate — ► VERB ▪ explode or cause to explode. DERIVATIVES detonation noun. ORIGIN Latin detonare, from tonare to thunder …
2detonate — verb ( nated; nating) Etymology: French détoner to explode, from Latin detonare to expend thunder, from de + tonare to thunder more at thunder Date: 1729 intransitive verb to explode with sudden violence transitive verb …
3detonate — verb Detonate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bomb Detonate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bomb, ↑explosive, ↑mine …
4detonate — verb a) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression. b) To cause an explosion. Syn: blast, discharge …
5detonate — verb (I, T) to explode or make something explode, using special equipment …
6detonate — verb 1) the charge detonated on impact Syn: explode, go off, blow up, shatter, erupt; ignite; bang, blast, boom 2) they detonated the bomb Syn: set off, explode, discharge …
7detonate — UK [ˈdetəneɪt] / US [ˈdet(ə)nˌeɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms detonate : present tense I/you/we/they detonate he/she/it detonates present participle detonating past tense detonated past participle detonated to explode, or to make… …
8detonate — [18] Detonate is related to thunder. It comes from the past participle of Latin dētonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘down’ and tonāre ‘thunder, roar’, which goes back to the same Indo European base (*ten , *ton ) as thunder. Latin …
9detonate — [18] Detonate is related to thunder. It comes from the past participle of Latin dētonāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘down’ and tonāre ‘thunder, roar’, which goes back to the same Indo European base (*ten , *ton ) as thunder. Latin …
10detonate — [c]/ˈdɛtəneɪt / (say detuhnayt) verb (detonated, detonating) –verb (t) 1. to cause to explode. –verb (i) 2. to explode, especially with great noise, suddenness, or violence. {Latin dētonātus, past participle, thundered forth} …
