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  • Conjugation : past  detonated ; ing  detonating
  • Derivatives : n  detonation
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

detonate ['dεtə.net] ['detəuneɪt]
  1. 1. vi. 猛烈爆炸起爆爆破炸裂
  2. 2. vt. 使(炸弹炸药等)爆炸
  3. 3. vt. 引起激起激发(连串事件

Collins English-English Dictionary

detonate ['dεtə"neɪt]
  1. 1. vb to cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode or (of a bomb, mine, etc) to explode; set off or be set off
  2. 2. vb [Etymology] C18: from Latin detonare to thunder down, from de- + tonare to thunder

Examples

准时起爆
detonate on time
炮弹自己不会爆炸。
The shell won't detonate by itself.

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