Explore Detonation through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like explosion or blowup. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Detonation meaning
- An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
- Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.
Using Detonation
- The main meaning on this page is: An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression. | An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression. | Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.
- Useful related words include: explosion, blowup, discharge, burst.
- In the example corpus, detonation often appears in combinations such as: the detonation, detonation of, of detonation.
Context around Detonation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Detonation
- In this selection, "detonation" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hydrogen, critical, thermonuclear, pressure, wave and parameters stand out and add context to how "detonation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a specialized detonation procedure and a thermonuclear detonation is triggered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "detonation" sits close to words such as afd, allianz and ancillary, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with detonation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Increased detonation damage by 5%. (5 words)
But there was no detonation, he added. (7 words)
You do not need to purchase Democratic Detonation to access the new ship upgrades. (14 words)
From only several miles away, Mr Unthank saw the detonation of two hydrogen bombs with a combined yield of 320 Hiroshima bombs - he went on to lose all of his teeth and suffered gut problems and his wife had 13 late-term miscarriages. (43 words)
The detonation of several thousand Hezbollah devices displayed a stunning capability for intelligence-gathering, likely Israel's — and underscored potential vulnerabilities in global supply chains, a former NSA chief said Wednesday. (31 words)
The device tested a new polonium-beryllium internal neutron initiator — designed to “kick-start” and boost the fission reaction with a precisely-timed flood of neutrons into the core upon detonation. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Detonation pressure data derived from measurements of shock waves transmitted into water by the detonation of cylindrical explosive charges of a standard size.
Hydrogen detonation parameters, such as critical detonation pressure and temperature, strongly depend on the container geometry.
The hydrodynamic theory of detonation used in predicting explosive phenomena does not include the diameter of the charge, and therefore a detonation velocity, for an imaginary charge of infinite diameter.
The procedure involves the detonation of a series of charges of different diameters until difficulty in detonation wave propagation is observed.
With this type of bomb, a thermonuclear detonation is triggered by the detonation of a fission type nuclear bomb contained within a material containing high concentrations of deuterium and tritium.
A team of experts from Istanbul have defused nine hand grenades found in the water on in the southern province of Isparta through a specialized detonation procedure.
But on Monday morning, smoke was rising again over Hässelby after a detonation in a terraced house at 6:28 a.m. triggered a large fire.
Selim was pure evil, but he died in an infamous bridge battle with the other clones due to his own venomous detonation.
The radioactive core, which used British and Canadian plutonium, was flown out later, and installed in the bomb on Plym very close to the scheduled detonation.
As the detonation wave travels around the roto, it continuously ignites new fuel-air mixtures.
But there was no detonation, he added.
Flash X-ray radiographs taken during the detonation experiments reveal the silicone buffer's ability to mitigate potential instabilities reliably and consistently.
From only several miles away, Mr Unthank saw the detonation of two hydrogen bombs with a combined yield of 320 Hiroshima bombs - he went on to lose all of his teeth and suffered gut problems and his wife had 13 late-term miscarriages.
Increased detonation damage by 5%.
Surprisingly, the ordnance was wholesale sensitive to detonation today than it would have been when it was dropped.
The detonation of several thousand Hezbollah devices displayed a stunning capability for intelligence-gathering, likely Israel's — and underscored potential vulnerabilities in global supply chains, a former NSA chief said Wednesday.
This escalation followed Hezbollah’s barrage of rockets into Israel, which came after the detonation of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by the group.
You do not need to purchase Democratic Detonation to access the new ship upgrades.
By design, their detonation produced waves of pressure that were highly focused and concentrated.
The device tested a new polonium-beryllium internal neutron initiator — designed to “kick-start” and boost the fission reaction with a precisely-timed flood of neutrons into the core upon detonation.
Common combinations with detonation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the detonation 48×
- detonation of 31×
- of detonation 9×
- detonation was 6×
- detonation is 5×
- nuclear detonation 5×
- detonation and 5×
- accidental detonation 5×
- detonation velocity 4×
- detonation wave 3×