We're going to detonate the bomb in a few moments.
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Detonate
/ˈdɛtəneɪt/
Synonyms for "detonate" (88 found)
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
4 entriesconventional detonationmass protestnuclear detonationpublic outcry
Collocations
6 entriesconventional detonationdetonate a bombdetonation deviceexplosive detonationnuclear detonationremote detonation
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- избухвам verb (to explode)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 爆炸 verb (to explode)
Finnish
2 entries- pamahtaa verb (to explode)
- räjähtää verb (to explode)
French
1 entries- détoner verb (to explode)
Hebrew
1 entries- התפוצץ verb (to explode)
Hungarian
2 entries- felrobban verb (to explode)
- robban verb (to explode)
Ido
1 entries- detonar verb (to explode)
Ingrian
1 entries- reppiä verb (to explode)
Italian
2 entries- detonare verb (to explode)
- esplodere verb (to explode)
Portuguese
2 entries- detonar verb (to explode)
- explodir verb (to explode)
Romanian
1 entries- exploda verb (to explode)
Russian
2 entries- взорва́ться verb (to explode)
- взрыва́ться verb (to explode)
Spanish
1 entries- 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.
Source: tatoeba (2583408)
The hostage-takers threatened to detonate a bomb.
Source: tatoeba (3927536)
The bomb didn't detonate.
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