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Detonated
To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
📖 Definitions of "Detonated"
verb
- 1
To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
- 2
To cause to explode.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Detonated"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| burstingnoun | So full (with something) as almost to erupt. |
| explodingnoun | (figurative) Having the appearance of an explosion. |
| explosivenoun | Able to, or likely to, explode. |
| activated | of e.g. a molecule; made reactive or more reactive |
| blastverb | A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle). |
| blasted | (slang) Intoxicated, drunk. |
| blewnoun | A surname. |
| blownverb | Distended, swollen, or inflated. |
| bombedverb | (slang) intoxicated; drunk or high |
| bombingnoun | The action of dropping bombs from the air. |
| boomedverb | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| dawnverb | (intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight. |
| dropped | allowed to drop or fall. |
| dynamitedverb | To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive. |
| eruptedverb | (intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser). |
| explodeverb | (intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off. |
| explodedverb | Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up. |
| firebombedverb | (transitive) To attack with a firebomb. |
| firedverb | dismissed, terminated from employment. |
| impacted | Having undergone an impact. |
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