detonate

English

Etymology

From Latin detonāre. It meant "to stop thundering", e.g. as in weather (de- = "from", tonare = "to thunder"). The current English meaning seems to be a new formation in postclassical times.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛtəneɪt/

Verb

detonate (third-person singular simple present detonates, present participle detonating, simple past and past participle detonated)

1. (intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
2. (transitive) To cause an explosion.

Translations

to blow up

• Bulgarian: избухвам (bg) (izbuhvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爆炸 (zh) (bàozhà)

• Finnish: räjähtää (fi), pamahtaa (fi)

• French: détonner (fr)
• Hebrew: התפוצץ (hitpotséts)
• Romanian: exploda (ro)
• Russian: взрываться (ru) impf (vzryvátʹsja), взорваться (ru) pf (vzorvátʹsja) (intransitive)

to cause an explosion

• Bulgarian: възпламенявам (bg) (vǎzplamenjavam)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引爆 (zh) (yǐnbào)

• Finnish: räjäyttää
• French: détoner (fr), détonner (fr)
• German: detonieren (de)

• Hebrew: פוצץ (potséts)
• Ido: detonar (io)
• Japanese: 爆発させる (ja) (ばくはつさせる, bakuhatsu saseru)
• Romanian: detona (ro), a face să explodeze
• Russian: взрывать (ru) impf (vzryvátʹ), взорвать (ru) pf (vzorvátʹ), детонировать impf (detonírovatʹ)

Synonyms

• blast
• discharge
• fulminate

Antonyms

• (with respect to speed of prorogation): deflagrate

Hypernyms

• combust

Related terms

• detonatable
• detonation
• detonator

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Italian

Verb

detonate

1. second-person plural present indicative of detonare
2. second-person plural imperative of detonare
3. feminine plural of detonato

Anagrams

• denotate

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Latin

Verb

dētonāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dētonō