detonating
present participle ofdetonate
detonate
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈdet.ən.eɪt/us/ˈdet̬.ən.eɪt/to (causesomething to)explode:
Thedevicedetonatedunexpectedly.
Aremotecontroldevicewas used to detonate thebomb.
Exploding and erupting
- blast
- blow
- blowout
- burst
- burst in onsomeone/something
- burst in/into(somewhere)
- detonate
- detonator
- erupt
- explosively
- explosiveness
- go off
- go popidiom
- go up
- ignite
- implode
- implosion
- live
- pop
- set
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Detonation & bombardment
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It is the limiting form, as the shock-wave radius tends to zero, of the non-self-similar motion produced, for example, bydetonatingthe explosive lining of a large sphere.
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When my soldiers realised how much hard digging was being saved, they soon became experts in explosives anddetonatingsystems.
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Development of a proximity and pointdetonatingfuse is continuing.
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This man lighted his pipe with adetonatingfuse, and severely injured himself in so doing.
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He knows little or nothing about explosivesdetonatingunder water.
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Thanks to an impact detection sensor and adetonatingmechanism, the bonnet rises by 65 millimetres in 0.40 seconds.
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Among the items on which we relied as being deeply suspicious were clothes pegs because they can be used for making crudedetonatingdevices, as everyone knows.
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Each mine contained a dry cell battery with an electricaldetonatingcircuit which could be initiated by any one of five parallel fuzes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A nuclear bunker buster negates most of the countermeasures involved in the protection of underground bunkers by penetrating the defenses prior todetonating.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The effect of explosive shells lodging into wooden hulls and thendetonating, was potentially devastating.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This includes the reduction of post-tetanic potentiation at synapses which prevents cortical seizure foci fromdetonatingadjacent cortical areas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The remote-controlled bulldozer is used when there is a great risk for human life, mainly when opening dangerous routes anddetonatingexplosive charges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It turned out the cruiser was which was slightly damaged by the torpedodetonatingclose by.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rebels were stalled by the ferocity of the bombardments: their supply lines were cut and scattered with remotelydetonatingmines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was discovered that these light vehicles could ride through anti-tank minefields withoutdetonatingthe mines when driven at speeds over 100 km/h.
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- rigidly
- rigid quota
- rigid restriction
- rigid rule
- rigid standard
- rigid structure
- rigid support
- rigid surface
- rigmarole
- rigor
- rigor mortis
- rigor-mortis
- rigorous
- rigorous application
- rigorous approach
- rigorous check
- rigorous control
- rigorous course
- rigorous curriculum
- rigorous discipline
- rigorous enforcement
- rigorous inquiry
- rigorous inspection
- rigorous investigation
- rigorously