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detonate English

Meaning detonate meaning

What does detonate mean?

detonate

— verb (= explode) cause to burst with a violent release of energy We exploded the nuclear bomb — verb (= explode) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction the bomb detonated at noon The Molotov cocktail exploded

Synonyms detonate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as detonate?

detonate English » English

explode blow up burst set off blast fulminate bang shoot rupture pop go off fire erupt displode demolition blast deflagrate crack combust catch fire burst out blow out backfire

Topics detonate topics

What do people use detonate to talk about?
Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals Working with chemicals

Explode

Conjugation detonate conjugation

How do you conjugate detonate?

detonate · verb

Examples detonate examples

How do I use detonate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The police caught the suicide bomber before he could detonate his bomb.
The bomb didn't detonate.

Movie subtitles

Cuts them loose, they float to the surface, and we detonate them with rifles.
Detonate!
In addition, of course, each plane carries two 20-megaton hydrogen bombs designed to detonate over enemy targets.
On that very day, the American, Colonel Colt, inventor of the Colt revolver, used electricity to detonate a torpedo, thereby destroying a brig in full sail upon the Potomac in Washington DC.
If we can get one phaser working, one shot might detonate it. - Navigation?
Tell them to prepare to detonate.
Energize and detonate!
Can you detonate the warhead from this computer?
You may set those controls so we can't detonate that warhead.
We'll detonate by radio beam.
Prepare to detonate in. 20 seconds.
Detonate.
You detonate that bomb and you'll be sacrificing yourself for nothing.
We will detonate them here.
If we can get one phaser working, sir, one shot will detonate it.
Now, as the animals pass through toward the village, we're gonna detonate the charges, setting up a controlled ring of fire, which will force the animals to continue toward the village.
Detonate it at 800.
Detonate the unit.
Detonate capsule at 1000 meters.
All right, detonate!
Energise and detonate.
You're the expert. Can you detonate the warhead from this computer?
We're set to detonate.
I propose to detonate it from here.
I don't believe a device to detonate explosives by radio is a toy.
If he sees the slightest sign of a search, he'll detonate that charge!
The bombs will self-detonate.
Whichever group gets there first must detonate that bomb in one of the tunnels near the cooling unit, block off the Daleks completely.
Set it to detonate in 30 seconds.
I am programmed to detonate in 14 minutes 30 seconds.
You are not to detonate, repeat, you are not to detonate in the bomb bay.

News and current affairs

They do not have to detonate a nuclear weapon, but only alert adversaries to the dramatic increase in the political stakes and dangers of a showdown.
North Korea proved more successful, becoming the eighth country to detonate a nuclear weapon. At least two other NPT parties - Libya and Syria - engaged in significant nuclear subterfuge but failed.
Al-Qaeda-style terrorists might willingly detonate a nuclear weapon in a city center, killing tens of thousands.
Those men and women who learn to make and detonate roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad will ply their trade elsewhere in the region and beyond.
It is impossible to predict when Russia will detonate, but the system's fissures are undeniable - and growing.
In addition, the space vehicle carrying the weapon might malfunction, and the nuclear warhead could land (and perhaps detonate) somewhere on Earth.

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