detonate

Verb
  1. Cause to burst with a violent release of energy (synset 200307505)
    "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
    causes: blow up, detonate, explode - burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
    is a type of: change integrity - change in physical make-up
    subtypes:
    • fulminate - cause to explode violently and with loud noise
    • dynamite - blow up with dynamite
    same as: blow up, explode, set off
  2. Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction (synset 200307079)
    "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
    same as: blow up, explode

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