| VERB | change | detonate, explode, blow up, set off | cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
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| change | detonate, explode, blow up | burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction |
| Sounds | deh'tahney.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | explode, blow up, set off | |
| Cause to | detonate, explode, blow up | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction |
| Narrower | dynamite | Blow up with dynamite |
| fulminate | Cause to explode / explode violently and with loud noise | |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Spanish | detonar, explosionar, explotar | |
| Catalan | detonar, explosionar, explotar | |
| Adjectives | detonative | exploding / exploding / exploding / exploding almost instantaneously |
| Nouns | detonation | the act of detonating an explosive |
| detonator | a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive | |
| Meaning | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the bomb detonated at noon" | |
| Synonyms | explode, blow up | |
| Caused by | explode, detonate, blow up, set off | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
| Spanish | detonar, explotar | |
| Catalan | detonar, explotar | |
| Adjectives | detonative | exploding / exploding / exploding / exploding almost instantaneously |
| Nouns | detonation | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
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