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detonate

🇬🇧 UK/'detәneit/🇺🇸 US
GREB2

Definitions

v.

To explode suddenly and violently; to cause an explosive to go off.

(使)爆炸,引爆

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
dedown, away, reversal
+
tonsound, tone
+
ateto make, having
=detonate

Common Collocations

  • 1.detonate a bomb引爆炸弹
  • 2.detonate explosives引爆炸药
  • 3.detonate charge引爆装置

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The bomb was set to detonate at midnight to cause maximum chaos.

  • 2.

    Police safely detonated the suspicious package in a controlled environment.

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