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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: detonate v : cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: {explode}, {blow up}, {set off}]
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