ALL meanings of detonate
det·o·nate
D d - verb detonate If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes. 3
- verb detonate to cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode or (of a bomb, mine, etc) to explode; set off or be set off 3
- intransitive verb detonate to explode violently and noisily 3
- verb transitive detonate to cause (a bomb, dynamite, etc.) to explode 3
- transitive verb detonate set off: an explosive 1
- verb without object detonate to explode with suddenness and violence. 1
- verb with object detonate to cause (something explosive) to explode. 1
- noun detonate Explode or cause to explode. 1
- verb detonate (Intransitive Verb) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression. 0
- verb detonate (Transitive Verb) To cause an explosion. 0