detonate

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verb

1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy (Freq. 3)
- We exploded the nuclear bomb
• Syn:
explode, blow up, set off
• Derivationally related forms:
blowup (for: blow up), detonative, detonation, detonator, explosion (for: explode)
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
fulminate, dynamite
• Cause:
explode, blow up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
- the bomb detonated at noon
- The Molotov cocktail exploded
• Syn:
explode, blow up
• Derivationally related forms:
detonative, detonation
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  explode, blow up, set off