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Definition detonate
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin deton?, deton?tus. It meant "to stop thundering", e.g. as in weather (de- = "from", tonare = "to thunder"). The current English meaning seems to be a new formation in postclassical times.
Verb
detonate (third-person singular simple present detonates, present participle detonating, simple past and past participle detonated)
- (intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
- (transitive) To cause to explode.
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