Detonate

Verb

 * : To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
 * : To cause an explosion.

Thesaurus
backfire, bang, bark, blast, blow out, blow up, burst, bust, charge, coal, cock, crack, discharge, drop, eject, explode, feed, fell, fill up, fire, fire off, fuel, fuel up, fulminate, go off, gun, gun for, hit, let fly, let off, load, mushroom, oil, pelt, pepper, pick off, pistol, plug, pop, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, refuel, riddle, set off, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, snipe, stoke, strike, take a potshot, top off, torpedo, touch off

Etymology
From detonare:. 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.

Pronunciation
det"o*nate

Translations

 * Bulgarian: избухвам
 * Finnish: ,


 * Hebrew:


 * Bulgarian: възпламенявам
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Hebrew: פוצץ
 * Ido: detonar

Synonyms

 * blast
 * discharge
 * fulminate

Antonyms

 * (with respect to speed of prorogation): deflagrate

Hypernyms

 * combust

Related terms

 * detonatable
 * detonation
 * detonator

Verb
detonate



Anagrams

 * denotate