Synonyms for detonate
ˈdɛt nˌeɪt

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1. explode, detonate, blow up, set off(verb)

   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 up(verb)

   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

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1. detonate(verb)

   Synonyms:
   discharge, fulminate, blast

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

2. detonate(verb)

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

   Synonyms:
   discharge, blast, fulminate

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

3. detonate(verb)

   To cause an explosion.

   Synonyms:
   discharge, blast, fulminate

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

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1. detonate

   Synonyms:
   explode, pop

   Antonyms:
   smoulder, hang, puff

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1. detonate(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   explode (with a loud report), detonize

2. detonate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   detonize, cause to explode

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1. List of paraphrases for "detonate":

   explode, blow

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1. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:

   Now it could be luck that they put this thing together, put it at the Boston Marathon finish line, and were able to detonate them so close to each other and sequentially. But it was a pretty sophisticated attack.

2. Chief David Brown:

   We cornered one suspect and we tried to negotiate for several hours - negotiations broke down, we had an exchange of gunfire with the suspect, 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.

3. Chief David Brown:

   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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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