intr. & tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

To explode or cause to explode.

[Latin dētonāre, dētonāt-, to thunder down : dē-, de- + tonāre, to thunder.]

detonatable det'o·nat'a·ble adj.

verb

To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise: blast, blow¹ (up), burst, explode, fire, fulminate, go off, touch off. See explosion/collapse.

v

Definition: set off bomb
Antonyms: defuse, dismantle

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[ܒdetnܖāt]

ˈdetnܖāt v. explode or cause to explode: two other bombs failed to detonate | a trigger that can detonate nuclear weapons.

detonative adj.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - detonere
v. intr. - bringes til eksplosion

Nederlands (Dutch)
(laten) exploderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire détoner/exploser
v. intr. - détoner

Deutsch (German)
v. - explodieren, detonieren, sprengen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πυροκροτώ, εκπυρσοκροτώ, εκρήγνυμαι, σκάω, προκαλώ την έκρηξη (βόμβας κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
esplodere, far detonare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - detonar

Русский (Russian)
взрывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - detonar, estallar, volar, explotar
v. intr. - detonar, estallar, volar, explotar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - få att detonera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使爆炸, 使触发, 爆炸, 触发

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使爆炸, 使觸發
v. intr. - 爆炸, 觸發

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (폭탄을) 터트리다
v. intr. - (폭탄을) 터트리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 爆発させる, 爆発する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتفجر مع إحداث صوت عالي, يفجر مع إحداث صوت عالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פוצץ‬
v. intr. - ‮התפוצץ‬

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