Antonyms for detonate
ˈdɛt nˌeɪtdet·o·nate

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1. detonateverb

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

   Synonyms:
   discharge, fulminate, blast

2. detonateverb

   To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

   Synonyms:
   discharge, blast, fulminate

3. detonateverb

   To cause an explosion.

   Synonyms:
   discharge, blast, fulminate

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

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1. detonate

   Antonyms:
   smoulder, hang, puff

   Synonyms:
   explode, pop

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1. explode, detonate, blow up, set offverb

   cause to burst with a violent release of energy

   "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

   Synonyms:
   go ballistic, puff out, trip, offset, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, incite, puff up, take off, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, trigger off, activate, part, flip one's lid, combust, trigger, blow one's stack, bring out, break loose, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, irrupt, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, start, blow up, spark off, instigate, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, burst forth, spark, inflate, touch off, aggrandize, depart, start out, set forth, burst, actuate, dramatize, stir up, cancel, set out

2. detonate, explode, blow upverb

   burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"

   "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

   Synonyms:
   go ballistic, puff out, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, puff up, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, flip one's lid, combust, blow one's stack, break loose, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, irrupt, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, burst forth, inflate, aggrandize, burst, dramatize

How to use detonate in a sentence?

1. Kevin McCarthy:

   American debt is a ticking time bomb that will detonate unless we take serious, responsible action.

2. Glen VanHerck:

   [F]rom a safety standpoint, picture yourself with large debris weighing hundreds if not thousands of pounds falling out of the sky. That’s really what we’re kind of talking about, so glass off of solar panels, potentially hazardous material, such as material that is required for a batteries to operate in such an environment as this and even the potential for explosives to detonate and destroy the balloon that could have been present.

3. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings:

   The same automated robot equipment to detonate and defuse bombs was used to place C-4 in place and to detonate that.

4. Ankit Panda:

   Adding more nuclear warheads to a single missile can better assure them of an ability to penetrate American missile defense and, if they're worried that their warheads might have reliability issues, more warheads increases the odds that one warhead will successfully detonate.

5. The Dallas Police Department:

   We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was, other options would have exposed officers to grave danger.

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