Detonate is an English word with synonyms like explode. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Detonate meaning
- To explode, blow up
- To combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression.
Synonyms of Detonate
Using Detonate
- The main meaning on this page is: To explode, blow up | To explode, blow up | To combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression.
- Useful related words include: explode, blow up, set off, change integrity.
- In the example corpus, detonate often appears in combinations such as: to detonate, detonate the, and detonate.
Context around Detonate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Detonate
- In this selection, "detonate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, properly, rate, matter and two stand out and add context to how "detonate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to detonate matter on and about to detonate a bomb. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "detonate" sits close to words such as adjudged, algebras and altria, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with detonate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The population bomb didn’t detonate. (6 words)
The explosives are triggered to detonate by kinetic force. (9 words)
Colston doesn’t so much end his play as detonate it. (11 words)
The governor noted that God has continued to protect the State as one of such plots to create crisis was averted when someone who attempted to detonate a dynamite at the Presidential Hotel area blew off his own arms. (39 words)
Mr Museveni said the militants had planned to detonate two bombs in churches in Kibibi, about 50km (30 miles) from the capital, Kampala, on Sunday, but the devices "were reported to police and defused". (34 words)
This ignores how a well-trained air force can limit such harm by fusing a bomb to detonate below ground, as well as adjusting factors such as the angle and velocity of its delivery. (34 words)
Hey, remember when grandpa thought it was a good idea to detonate? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Biden has also chosen to bypass current U.S. law that prohibits the use of cluster munitions with a failure-to-detonate rate of 1 percent or more.
Colston doesn’t so much end his play as detonate it.
Experts had to defuse an eighth IED that did not detonate, and warned the area was still dangerous, Méndez said.
Hey, remember when grandpa thought it was a good idea to detonate?
In fact, her untapped ability to detonate matter on an atomic level makes her powers equivalent to a nuclear fusion bomb.
It’s highly unlikely that a film director would receive permission to detonate a nuclear bomb, even for the sake of accuracy.
Mr Museveni said the militants had planned to detonate two bombs in churches in Kibibi, about 50km (30 miles) from the capital, Kampala, on Sunday, but the devices "were reported to police and defused".
The new missile can penetrate all air defense missile systems and detonate the enemy’s anti-missile systems, the top Iranian commander added last week.
Regardless of how it plays out for Zwickau, Teller is angry that the bombshell is going to detonate somewhere in Germany’s VW network, leaving a trail of devastation behind it.
The explosives are triggered to detonate by kinetic force.
The explosives they set began to detonate, dealing a huge setback to Syria, Iran and Hezbollah.
The governor noted that God has continued to protect the State as one of such plots to create crisis was averted when someone who attempted to detonate a dynamite at the Presidential Hotel area blew off his own arms.
There have also been numerous threats to detonate bombs at political offices and other key sites in the lead up to election day.
The terrorist was standing in the centre of the room, holding in his hand what Palmer thought was a grenade and 'moving as if to detonate it'.
This ignores how a well-trained air force can limit such harm by fusing a bomb to detonate below ground, as well as adjusting factors such as the angle and velocity of its delivery.
A third bomb was planted near Barclays Bank on Hagley Road but failed to properly detonate.
Skilled players can detonate it midair, turning it into a sort of hybrid between a claymore and a grenade.
The population bomb didn’t detonate.
The suspension leaves the agents in the line of fire for a disgruntled former IRA terrorist about to detonate a bomb in the heart of London.
The team deduces that Sator plans to kill himself in order to detonate the time bomb, and that he'll choose to do so on one of his last happy days, aboard his yacht.
Common combinations with detonate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to detonate 54×
- detonate the 17×
- and detonate 9×
- not detonate 8×
- detonate and 7×
- detonate it 5×
- would detonate 5×
- detonate bombs 4×
- can detonate 4×
- detonate bomb 4×