detonate

Verbs

  • (v) cause to burst with a violent release of energy
    • We exploded the nuclear bomb
    blow up, explode, set off,
  • (v) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"
    • The Molotov cocktail exploded
    blow up, explode,

Synonyms

blow up explode set off

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