Detonate [verb]
Definition of Detonate:
set off bomb
Synonyms of Detonate:
Sentence/Example of Detonate:
Crews at a portable operations center up to 35 miles away then detonate the charge, destroying the mine for good.
He then unscrewed the fuze and threw it away before it could detonate the shell.
They are very difficult to detonate, and if set on fire do not explode like gunpowder.
The depth-charge had fouled a trailing wire from some of my ‘stage scenery sky’ and been dragged along to detonate close astern.
I decided to send three balls down each, leave 12 in the cavern, then detonate them all at once.
In fact guncotton in the colloid state may be hammered on an anvil, and, as a rule, only the portion struck will detonate or fire.
Again a spark winged its way, and the bolt of energy burst out to detonate the shell.
These are powerful explosives which are set so they will detonate at a certain depth.
They could detonate a charge of explosives over our heads, or clear out of the dome and drop one down the well.
Frank stood ready to press the trigger, which would detonate the primer and explode the charge.