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det·o·nate

(dĕt′n-āt′)

intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates

To explode or cause to explode.

[Latin dētonāre, dētonāt-, to thunder down : dē-, de- + tonāre, to thunder; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots.]

det′o·nat′a·ble adj.

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detonate

(ˈdɛtəˌneɪt)

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) to cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode or (of a bomb, mine, etc) to explode; set off or be set off

[C18: from Latin dētonāre to thunder down, from de- + tonāre to thunder]

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det•o•nate

(ˈdɛt nˌeɪt)

v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. v.i.

1. to explode with sudden violence.

v.t.

2. to cause to explode.

[1720–30; < French]

det′o•na•ble (-ə bəl) det′o•nat`a•ble, adj.

detonate

Past participle: detonated
Gerund: detonating

Imperative
detonate
detonate

Present
I detonate
you detonate
he/she/it detonates
we detonate
you detonate
they detonate

Preterite
I detonated
you detonated
he/she/it detonated
we detonated
you detonated
they detonated

Present Continuous
I am detonating
you are detonating
he/she/it is detonating
we are detonating
you are detonating
they are detonating

Present Perfect
I have detonated
you have detonated
he/she/it has detonated
we have detonated
you have detonated
they have detonated

Past Continuous
I was detonating
you were detonating
he/she/it was detonating
we were detonating
you were detonating
they were detonating

Past Perfect
I had detonated
you had detonated
he/she/it had detonated
we had detonated
you had detonated
they had detonated

Future
I will detonate
you will detonate
he/she/it will detonate
we will detonate
you will detonate
they will detonate

Future Perfect
I will have detonated
you will have detonated
he/she/it will have detonated
we will have detonated
you will have detonated
they will have detonated

Future Continuous
I will be detonating
you will be detonating
he/she/it will be detonating
we will be detonating
you will be detonating
they will be detonating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been detonating
you have been detonating
he/she/it has been detonating
we have been detonating
you have been detonating
they have been detonating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been detonating
you will have been detonating
he/she/it will have been detonating
we will have been detonating
you will have been detonating
they will have been detonating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been detonating
you had been detonating
he/she/it had been detonating
we had been detonating
you had been detonating
they had been detonating

Conditional
I would detonate
you would detonate
he/she/it would detonate
we would detonate
you would detonate
they would detonate

Past Conditional
I would have detonated
you would have detonated
he/she/it would have detonated
we would have detonated
you would have detonated
they would have detonated

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Verb	1.	detonate - cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" blow up, explode, set off change integrity - change in physical make-up fulminate - cause to explode violently and with loud noise dynamite - blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"
	2.	detonate - burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" blow up, explode

detonate

verb

1. set off, trigger, explode, discharge, blow up, ignite, let off, touch off The terrorists planted and detonated the bomb.

2. explode, blast, discharge, blow up, be set off, fulminate, go bang, go boom, burst apart an explosive device which detonated last night

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detonate

verb

To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise:

blast, blow (up), burst, explode, fire, fulminate, go off, touch off.

Translations

يَتَفَجَّر، يَنْفَجِر

přivést k výbuchuvybuchnout

detoneresprænge

zünden zur Explosion bringen

ανατινάζομαι ανατινάζω πυροδοτώ

détoner

sprengja

battere detonare detonatore esplodere esplosione

detonatoriussprogdinti

sprāgtspridzināt

sprenge

detonovať

patla mak

使爆炸引爆

detonate

[ˈdetəneɪt]

A. VT → hacer detonar

B. VI → detonar, estallar

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detonate

[ˈdɛtəneɪt]

vi → exploser

vt [+ bomb] → faire exploser, faire détoner

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

detonate

vi (fuse) → zünden; (bomb) → detonieren

vt → zur Explosion bringen; detonating device → Detonator m

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detonate

[ˈdɛtəˌneɪt]

1. vt → far detonare

2. vi → detonare

detonate

(ˈdetəneit) verb

to (cause to) explode violently. This device detonates the bomb.

ˌdetoˈnation noun

an explosion.

ˈdetonator noun

something (especially a piece of equipment) that sets off an explosion.

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Eight of the 11 suspects planned to assemble liquid-based explosives on board airplanes and detonate them, prosecutors charge.

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TATP was also the explosive-of-choice for Islamic convert Richard Reid, the shoe bomber who was subdued by fellow passengers while he was trying to detonate his bomb with a match aboard a Paris-to-Miami American Airlines flight on December 22, 2001.