detonate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detonate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for detonate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detonate v cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" Synonym(s): explode, detonate, blow up, set off burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" Synonym(s): detonate, explode, blow up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder}, and cf. {Detonize}.] To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.