detonation

Noun

Meaning

An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

explosion clang report bang blaster firing boom outbreak discharge burst blast eruption percussion ignition rupture
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Antonyms

control support peace improve accept answer
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Hypernyms

explosion discharge burst

Hyponyms

big bang inflation blast percussion fragmentation backfire

Related terms

detonate detonator

Phrases with the word

detonation tube detonation cylinder detonation pipe detonation rod detonation lance detonation stick

Anagrams

denotation taeniodont

Examples

I would have, had someone not detonated their charges prematurely. (Nykyrian) Yeah, Cruel. You have to watch that premature detonation problem of yours. (Hauk) Sherrilyn Kenyon

I took Punk to be the detonation of some slow-fused projectile buried deep in society's flank a decade earlier, and I took it to be, somehow, a sign. William Gibson

Government seems unaware that the more race-based measures it tries to put in place the faster that time bomb burns to detonation point. Epeli Ganilau

Then, about the same time, there was the detonation of Sartor Resartus. Enoch Powell

I never turn on the news over the weekend, short of a nuclear detonation somewhere. I just don't. I don't learn anything from it anymore. Rush Limbaugh

The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini Island in the Marshall Isles, hence the naming of the bikini. Tom Waits

Close letter words and terms

detonating explosive detonating fuse detonating tube detonation cord detonation cylinder detonation lance