Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being detonated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of detonating, or exploding on ignition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of an explosive, or ordnance That can be (or is liable to)
detonate
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Examples
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Not with the first-stage boosters, which were manipulable and detonable masses of ball lightning, but with those boosters 'culminations, the Vangs; which were ball lightning raised to the sixth power and which only the frightful energies of the boosters could bring into being.
Masters of Space Robert Lee [Illustrator] Berry 1925
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Officials also said that joint forces managed to free 14 civilians being held by the smugglers and confiscated weapons, explosives and detonable vests during the operation.
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