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Definition: Detonate |
DetonateVerb1. Cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | To cause to explode by the application of sudden force. (references) |
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Synonyms: DetonateSynonyms: blow up (v), explode (v), set off (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Violence | Explode; let fly, fly off; discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate. |
Break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, prize open. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Detonate |
| English words defined with "detonate": bangalore torpedo, blasting cap ♦ Detonated, Detonize, dud ♦ misfire. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "detonate": blasting machine ♦ cast booster, combination firing circuit, cutoff hole, cylinder cuts ♦ DROP TESTER ♦ explosive sensitiveness ♦ fuse cap ♦ gun perforator ♦ impact sensitivity ♦ misfire hole, missed hole, missed round ♦ OBSERVER, SEISMIC PROSPECTING, oil-well gun-perforator operator, oil-well shooter ♦ PERFORATOR OPERATOR, OIL WELL, poised mine ♦ sensitivity to propagation, SHOOTER, SEISMOGRAPH, shot-hole shooter, sofar bomb ♦ TIER-AND-DETONATOR, torpedo shooter ♦ well shooter. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "detonate": Detonize. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Did we have to let them detonate three quarters of the ship (The Transformers: The Movie; writing credit: Ron Friedman) | |
Lyrics | Must keep my date to detonate (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC) | |
Clever | Push to test. Release to detonate. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Nautilus (SS-168) on a burning Japanese aircraft carrier during the early afternoon of 4 June 1942, as seen through the submarine's periscope. Nautilus thought she had attacked Soryu, and that her torpedoes had exploded when they hit the target. Most evidence, however, is that the ship attacked was Kaga, and that the torpedoes failed to detonate. The ship shown in this wartime diorama does not closely resemble either of those carriers. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Detonate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Detonate" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 83.33% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
detonate | 20 |
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| Language | Translations for "detonate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpërthej (blast, blow up, break, break out, burst, erupt, explode, flame out, flame up, freak, implode, let off, poke out), pëlcas (blow back, blow up, burst, discharge, explode, rip). (various references) | |
Arabic | فجر بعنف مفاجىء, فجر (aurora, beginning, blast, blow up, burst, dawn, dynamite, explode, let flow, morning, set off, shot out, spout, spurt, undermine), تفجر (burst, explode, fulminate, gush, outburst, spurt, well). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | възпламенявам (enkindle, fulminate, ignite, set off, touch off), експлодирам (blow off, blow up, bust, explode, fulminate), активизирам (activate, fillip, move, push), детонирам (pink). (various references) | |
Chinese | 起爆 (Detonated, Detonating), 發火 (catch fire, get angry, ignite). (various references) | |
Czech | detonovat, vybuchnout (blow up, break out, erupt, explode, go bang, go off, pop off), odpálit (blast off, drive smth. in, explode, launch, spring, touch off), nechat explodovat, explodovat (burst, explode, go off). (various references) | |
Farsi | منفجرشدن (Blowout, Erupt, Explode, Puff), ترکانیدن (Crack), باصداترکیدن (Pop). (various references) | |
French | détonons, détonez, détoner, détonent, se détoner, palpiter, faire détoner, exploser. (various references) | |
German | explodieren (explode, to explode). (various references) | |
Greek | πυροκροτώ (to detonate), εκρήγνυμαι (blow up), εκπυρσοκροτώ (bang). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפוצץ (blast, blow, blow up, bust, explode, let off), להתפוצץ (blast, burst, bust, explode, go off), לנפץ (dash, explode, pound, shatter, shipwreck, smash, splinter). (various references) | |
Hungarian | robban (to detonate, to fulminate), felrobbant (to detonate, to explode). (various references) | |
Indonesian | meledakkan (burst, explode). (various references) | |
Italian | detonare, battere (beat, strike, hit, knock, throb). (various references) | |
Korean | 폭연하십시요. (various references) | |
Manx | bleaystey (blast, blow out; explosion, detonation, explode). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etonateday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | detonar (discharge, fire, fulminate), rebentar (braird, bud, burgeon, burst, comb, disrupt, douche, explode, gemmate, part, pop, rive, rupture, split). (various references) | |
Romanian | detona (go off), exploda (explode). (various references) | |
Russian | взрывать (explode). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | eksplodirati (explode, go off). (various references) | |
Spanish | detonar (explode, fulminate). (various references) | |
Swedish | detonera. (various references) | |
Turkish | patlatmak (blast, blow up, bust, explode, let off, make blow up, make burst, make explode, pop, puncture, set off, touch off), patlamak (blow, blow out, blow up, break, burst, crack, erupt, explode, fulminate, go off, go pop, go up, knock back, let fly, plonk, plunk, pop, puncture, set back, snap, spring), infilak etmek (blow up, burst, explode, go pop, spring). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вибухати (break, burst, explode), підривати (blast, cave, disrupt, erode, explode, fulminate, sap, tear up, undermine), детонувати. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "detonate": detonated, detonates. (additional references) | |
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"Detonate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: decontam, Dejohnette, Demontage, deonata, deponere, detenete, detiorate, newtonite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "detonate" (pronounced de"tunā't) |
| 5 | -t u n ā' t | agglutinate, concatenate, procrastinate, titanate. |
| 4 | -u n ā' t | alienate, assassinate, carbonate, chlorinate, contaminate, culminate, hyphenate, illuminate, impersonate, decaffeinate, decontaminate, denominate, determinate, discriminate, disseminate, dominate, eliminate, emanate, exterminate, fascinate, fulminate, germinate, halogenate, hydrogenate, incriminate, indoctrinate, inseminate, insubordinate, isocyanate, italianate, marinate, nominate, originate, oxygenate, pollinate, predominate, rejuvenate, renominate, resonate, ruminate, subordinate, terminate, urinate. |
| 3 | -n ā' t | impregnate, designate, donate, hibernate, reincarnate, stagnate. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-n-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: dentate, notated. | |
-2 letters: anteed, atoned, attend, denote, detent, donate, netted, notate, teated, tented. | |
-3 letters: anode, anted, atone, datto, donee, eaten, enate, noted, oaten, tanto, tenet, toned, toted. | |
-4 letters: aeon, ante, date, dato, dean, deet, dene, dent, doat, dona, done, dote, etna, neat, need, nett, node, nota, note, odea, tate, teat, teed, teen, tend, tent. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-n-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: detonated, detonates. | |
+2 letters: bayonetted, coattended, denotative, detonative, negotiated, orientated. | |
+3 letters: commentated, delectation, demonstrate, detestation, detonatable, deuteration, mentholated, nonattender, potentiated, recontacted, tetrahedron. | |
+4 letters: andouillette, concatenated, concentrated, constellated, consternated, contemplated, counteracted, countertrade, decongestant, delectations, demonstrated, demonstrates, determinator, detestations, deuterations, disorientate, fianchettoed, interpolated, interrogated, malcontented, nonattenders, outdatedness, remonstrated, renegotiated, reorientated, stonyhearted, tetrahedrons. | |
+5 letters: andouillettes, compartmented, counterstated, countertrades, deconcentrate, decongestants, decontaminate, decrepitation, deforestation, demonstrative, deteriorating, deterioration, determination, determinators, deuteragonist, disorientated, disorientates, nonattendance, nonintegrated, postdebutante, predestinator, premeditation, repartitioned, sedimentation, tenderization. | |
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