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detonate
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[ˈdɛtəneɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- explode or cause to explode
(e.g: two other bombs failed to detonate)
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Origin
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early 18th century: from Latin detonat- ‘thundered down or forth’, from the verb detonare, from de- ‘down’ + tonare ‘to thunder’
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