We're going to detonate the bomb in a few moments.
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Detonate
//ˈdɛtəneɪt//
Synonyms for "detonate" (68 found)
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41 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- възпламенявам verb (to cause to explode)
- избухвам verb (to explode)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 引爆 verb (to cause to explode)
- 爆炸 verb (to explode)
Finnish
3 entries- pamahtaa verb (to explode)
- räjähtää verb (to explode)
- räjäyttää verb (to cause to explode)
French
2 entries- détoner verb (to explode)
- détoner verb (to cause to explode)
German
1 entries- detonieren verb (to cause to explode)
Hebrew
2 entries- התפוצץ verb (to explode)
- פוצץ verb (to cause to explode)
Hungarian
4 entries- felrobban verb (to explode)
- felrobbant verb (to cause to explode)
- kirobbant verb (to cause to explode)
- robban verb (to explode)
Ido
2 entries- detonar verb (to explode)
- detonar verb (to cause to explode)
Ingrian
2 entries- reppiä verb (to explode)
- revittää verb (to cause to explode)
Italian
4 entries- detonare verb (to explode)
- esplodere verb (to explode)
- far detonare verb (to cause to explode)
- far esplodere verb (to cause to explode)
Japanese
1 entries- 爆発させる verb (to cause to explode)
Māori
1 entries- whakapakū verb (to cause to explode)
Portuguese
3 entries- detonar verb (to explode)
- detonar verb (to cause to explode)
- explodir verb (to explode)
Romanian
3 entries- a face să explodeze verb (to cause to explode)
- detona verb (to cause to explode)
- exploda verb (to explode)
Russian
4 entries- взорва́ть verb (to cause to explode)
- взорва́ться verb (to explode)
- взрыва́ть verb (to cause to explode)
- взрыва́ться verb (to explode)
Spanish
2 entries- detonar verb (to cause to explode)
- detonarse verb (to explode)
Swedish
1 entries- detonera verb (to explode)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The police caught the suicide bomber before he could detonate his bomb.
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The hostage-takers threatened to detonate a bomb.
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The bomb didn't detonate.
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