Detonate



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 使) 爆炸, 引爆
• ［英］ v. ( 使) 爆炸, 引爆 ( to cause a bomb, dynamite to explode)
• ［记］ de+ton ( 声音, 雷声) +ate -> 雷声四散 -> 爆炸
• ［同］ 同根词: monotone ( 单调) 派生词: detonation ( n. 爆炸[声])
• ［例］ A fire caused the fireworks to detonate.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-nated; -nating)

• Etymology: French détoner to explode, from Latin detonare to expend thunder, from de- + tonare to thunder — more at thunder
• Date: 1729
• intransitive verb
  • to explode with sudden violence
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to detonate <detonate a bomb> — compare deflagrate
  • 2. to set off in a burst of activity ; spark <programs that detonated controversies>
• ? detonatable adjective
• ? detonative adjective

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