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Webster 1913 Edition

Detonate

Det′o-nate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Detonated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Detonating
.]
[L.
detonare
, v. i., to thunder down;
de
+
tonare
to thunder; akin to E.
thunder
. See
Thunder
, and cf.
Detonize
.]
To explode with a sudden report;
as, niter
detonates
with sulphur
.

Det′o-nate

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.

Webster 1828 Edition

Detonate

DETONATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to thunder.] In chemistry, to cause to explode; to burn or inflame with a sudden report.

DETONATE

,
Verb.
I.
To explode; to burn with a sudden report. Niter detonates with sulphur.

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