Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exploding; igniting with a sudden report.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- from
detonate . - a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition.
- any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report.
- a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations.
- a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.
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- verb Present participle of
detonate .
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Examples
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Legal experts have called the case a law enforcement triumph but said Shahzad's near-success in detonating the device should serve as a warning to federal officials, who failed to detect the plot.
Would-be Times Square bomber gets life in prison Jerry Markon 2010
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He probably suspects another person besides Timothy McVeigh was involved in detonating or transporting the bomb, and was probably driving another vehicle.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras? 2010
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He allegedly discussed with them the idea of detonating a nuclear or radiological bomb in the United States.
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Nevertheless he had not given up the idea of detonating this cosmic power plant so that its energy eruption would attract Rhodan's attention.
Unleashed Powers Brand, Kurt 1976
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These shells are fused with what are called detonating fuses that burst when the shell touches anything.
"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie
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In "detonating" their individuality in a moment of becoming-revolution,
Repetition, Representation and Revolution: Deleuze and Blake's _America_ 2008
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This time both the Taliban and a second insurgent faction, Hezb-i-Islami, claimed responsibility for the bombing, although until the identity and motivation of the bomber are established - and the kind of detonating device he was using known - it will be hard to gauge their veracity.
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This time both the Taliban and a second insurgent faction, Hezb-i-Islami, claimed responsibility for the bombing, although until the identity and motivation of the bomber are established - and the kind of detonating device he was using known - it will be hard to gauge their veracity.
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Civil society organizations and legal experts have criticized the ruling to free the men, who are accused of having plotted atrocious crimes, such as detonating bombs in two of İstanbul's biggest mosques during busy prayer hours.
TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News E. BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ 2010
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Civil society organizations and legal experts have criticized the ruling to free the men, who are accused of having plotted atrocious crimes, such as detonating bombs in two of İstanbul's biggest mosques during busy prayer hours.
TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News E. BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ 2010
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