Synonyms for detonate
ˈdɛt nˌeɪtdet·o·nate

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1. detonateverb

   Synonyms:
   discharge, fulminate, blast

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

2. detonateverb

   To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.

   Synonyms:
   discharge, blast, fulminate

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

3. detonateverb

   To cause an explosion.

   Synonyms:
   discharge, blast, fulminate

   Antonyms:
   deflagrate

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1. detonate

   Synonyms:
   explode, pop

   Antonyms:
   smoulder, hang, puff

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1. explode, detonate, blow up, set offverb

   cause to burst with a violent release of energy

   "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

   Synonyms:
   go ballistic, puff out, trip, offset, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, incite, puff up, take off, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, trigger off, activate, part, flip one's lid, combust, trigger, blow one's stack, bring out, break loose, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, irrupt, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, start, blow up, spark off, instigate, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, burst forth, spark, inflate, touch off, aggrandize, depart, start out, set forth, burst, actuate, dramatize, stir up, cancel, set out

2. detonate, explode, blow upverb

   burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"

   "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

   Synonyms:
   go ballistic, puff out, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, puff up, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, flip one's lid, combust, blow one's stack, break loose, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, irrupt, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, burst forth, inflate, aggrandize, burst, dramatize

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1. detonateverb

   Synonyms:
   explode (with a loud report), detonize

2. detonateverb

   Synonyms:
   detonize, cause to explode

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1. List of paraphrases for "detonate":

   explode, blow

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How to use detonate in a sentence?

1. The Dallas Police Department:

   We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was, other options would have exposed officers to grave danger.

2. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:

   Now it could be luck that they put this thing together, put it at the Boston Marathon finish line, and were able to detonate them so close to each other and sequentially. But it was a pretty sophisticated attack.

3. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings:

   The same automated robot equipment to detonate and defuse bombs was used to place C-4 in place and to detonate that.

4. Chief David Brown:

   We saw no other option but to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension for it to detonate where the suspect was.

5. Kevin McCarthy:

   American debt is a ticking time bomb that will detonate unless we take serious, responsible action.