'Detonate' definitions:
Definition of 'detonate'
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Definition of 'Detonate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Detonate'
From: GCIDE
- Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detonate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backfire,
- bang,
- bark,
- blast,
- blow out,
- blow up,
- burst,
- bust,
- charge,
- coal,
- cock,
- crack,
- discharge,
- drop,
- eject,
- explode,
- feed,
- fell,
- fill up,
- fire,
- fire off,
- fuel,
- fuel up,
- fulminate,
- go off,
- gun,
- gun for,
- hit,
- let fly,
- let off,
- load,
- mushroom,
- oil,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pick off,
- pistol,
- plug,
- pop,
- pot,
- potshoot,
- potshot,
- prime,
- refuel,
- riddle,
- set off,
- shoot,
- shoot at,
- shoot down,
- snipe,
- stoke,
- strike,
- take a potshot,
- top off,
- torpedo,
- touch off