verb · transitive · rare

detonate

detonate · detonates · detonated · detonating

гриміти, гуркотати, гуркотіти

взорваться, взрываться, взорвать, взрывать

detonieren

To explode, blow upTo explode, blow up

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UK/ˈdɛtəneɪt/US/ˈdɛtəˌneɪt/

» We're going to detonate the bomb in a few moments.

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To explode, blow up
взрыва́тьсяvzryvátʹsja, взорва́тьсяvzorvátʹsja
To explode, blow up
(especially, intransitive)To combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression.
(transitive)To cause to explode.
The engineers detonated the dynamite and watched the old building collapse.
detonieren
взрыва́тьvzryvátʹ, взорва́тьvzorvátʹ, детони́роватьdetonírovatʹ
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
(figuratively, intransitive)To express sudden anger.

Examples

26 sentences

We're going to detonate the bomb in a few moments.
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The police caught the suicide bomber before he could detonate his bomb.
ruПолиция схватила террориста-смертника прежде, чем он успел привести в действие взрывное устройство.
deDie Polizei fasste den Selbstmordattentäter, bevor er seine Bombe zünden konnte.
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How were the bombs detonated?
ruКак взорвались бомбы?
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Jim detonated his explosive belt.
Джим підірвав свій пояс із вибухівкою.
deJakob hat seinen Sprengstoffgürtel gezündet.
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The explosives are about to detonate.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to explode:

to cause to explode:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to cause to explode:

Origin

First attested in 1729; either borrowed from French détoner or directly from Latin dētonāt

First attested in 1729; either borrowed from French détoner or directly from Latin dētonātus, perfect passive participle of dētonō (“to thunder down (strongly); (figuratively, of a person) to thunder, speak threateningly, to rage; to stop thundering”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off, from”) + tonō (“to thunder”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂-. The current interlingual meaning seems to be a new formation in postclassical times (to thunder → make a large noise → explode), compare explode.

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Forms

detonates, detonating, detonated, detonated

Base form	detonate · to detonate
3rd person singular	detonates
Present participle	detonating
Past simple	detonated
Past participle	detonated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	detonate
he, she, it	detonates

Past simpleLesson

all persons

detonated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have detonated
he, she, it	has detonated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will detonate

Synonyms

6 synonyms

blastB2 thunderB1 fulminate

Close in meaning

burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction:explode blow up
cause to burst with a violent release of energy:explode blow up set off

Antonyms

1 antonyms

deflagrate

Word family

Deriveddetonatable nondetonating undetonated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle