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Detonates

Detonates | Detonate

Detonates meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of detonate

Example sentences (20)

This molly detonates once it lands and affects a certain radius.

The first device detonates inside the cathedral, and the second one targets nearby soldiers who rushed to help the victims of the first explosion.

An enemy marked by a virtuoso’s energy-based powers ends up as marked for one round, and detonates the first time the target is damaged by a member of the virtuosos’s collective.

As an example, suppose detonates in New York City (near the ground).

New ant species from Borneo detonates itself to defend its colonyYou must love science.

When the U.S. detonates the Iran Nuclear Accord, the European alliance, in so far as it still staggers onward, will reach crisis point; and the Iranian regime will likely accelerate its nuclear weapons program.

After Jim detonates the bombs with his sharpshooting, launching bad guys and horses skyward, the Rock Ridgers storm the villains.

Bubble jet effect The bubble jet effect occurs when a mine or torpedo detonates in the water a short distance away from the targeted ship.

Duke discovers that the aliens were capturing women, and detonates the ship.

During the launch of the rocket, Hummel changes the coordinates and diverts the rocket away from its original target and instead detonates at sea.

Most thermal dissemination devices consist of a bomb or projectile shell that contains a chemical agent and a central "burster" charge; when the burster detonates, the agent is expelled laterally.

That detonates the mine and cuts the sweeping wire.

The balloon detonates prematurely, creating a radioactive storm that causes the giant mantises to grow to enormous sizes.

The overload process is marked by a distinctive sound that increases in volume and frequency until it is deactivated or it detonates.

Therefore, the fusion stage breeds its own tritium as the device detonates.

The second charge then detonates the cloud, creating a massive blast wave.

The warhead detonates on impact or when the fuse runs out; usually the fuse is set to the maximum burn of the rocket motor, but it can be shortened for improvised anti aircraft purposes.

This apparently throwaway scene acts as a timebomb, which detonates at the centre of the novel when Pompey visits Germany as the Nazis are gaining power.

This energizes the battery, which detonates the explosive. citation Earlier forms of the detonator employed a vial of sulfuric acid surrounded by a mixture of potassium perchlorate and sugar.

Veronica walks outside to find the severely injured J.D. with the bomb strapped to his chest, which he detonates as an apathetic Veronica looks on with an unlit cigarette hanging from her lips.