detonate

detonate is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
2. transitive verb. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
3. verb. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

   "the bomb detonated at noon"

   "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

   Synonyms: explode

4. verb. cause to burst with a violent release of energy

   "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

   Synonyms: explode

Synonyms

explode

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in detonate:

denotate

Common word forms

detonated, detonates, detonating

Words from these letters

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