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Meanings of detonate in English
Synonyms
Examples for "explode"
Examples for "explode"
1
Water shortages are a global problem as populations soar and cities explode.
2
Mark didn't want the situation to explode into something they'd all regret.
3
He certainly hadn't made the lights explode simply by looking at them.
4
Costs could explode because the bill sets crop support rates too high.
5
The first shuttle to explode had actually not left the ship yet.
1
It came to me suddenly: he meant to blow up the Intendance.
2
First, he judged it necessary to blow up the bridge of Demir-Hissar.
3
He could not blow up one of these bubbles on the spring.
4
Gas of northern metaphysics to blow up Broad Church bishops like balloons.
5
The wind begins to blow up sharply, though it was very pleasant.
1
Cats and daenids and other more exotic things, like the rooks in the garret, all of them disploded with a gory popping sound.
1
Its release last week set off several days of largely peaceful protests.
2
State media say gunmen stormed the building and set off explosive devices.
3
If so, an American sneak attack might set off a nuclear war.
4
A military source said the explosive was set off by remote control.
5
Elizabeth accepted their company, and the three young ladies set off together.
Usage of detonate in English
1
I shall detonate it when the ship is in an optimum position.
2
You need two people to enter the code simultaneously or it'll detonate.
3
The note said: Don't go to the cops or I will detonate.
4
Convinced I am a ticking bomb that could detonate at any moment.
5
They'll be in a position to detonate their mines and devastate everything.
6
On the fifth floor, light bulbs detonate into showers of golden sparks.
7
As soon as they hit one zero five, send the detonate signal.
8
But why not just detonate the explosives, if that was his plan?
9
If you detonate the explosives, won't you lose part of your take?
10
They suffered shock and minor injuries when the device failed to detonate.
11
It's so volatile that just unscrewing the top will make it detonate.
12
But clerics don't behead, kill and detonate people, said Mogadishu resident Mohamed.
13
There isn't a single possible future where the soulbomb doesn't detonate.
14
We detonate today, he said, passing a cigar to the reporter.
15
Tetryl is a compound used as a booster to help detonate explosive charges.
16
It is easy to press a button and detonate a bomb.
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Detonate across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common