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detonate   (TTS Sound)

The verb detonate has 2 senses

• explode, detonate, blow up, set off -- (cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb")


• detonate, explode, blow up -- (burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded")