detonate

Borrowed from Latin detonō, detonātus. 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛtəneɪt/

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 to explode.

• blast
• discharge
• fulminate

• (with respect to speed of prorogation): deflagrate

• combust

• detonatable
• detonation
• detonator

• denotate

detonate

1. adverbial present passive participle of detonar

detonate

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

detonate f pl

1. feminine plural of detonato

• denotate

dētonāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dētonō