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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
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- 1intransitive verb
To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
- 2transitive verb
To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
- 3verb
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
"the bomb detonated at noon"
"The Molotov cocktail exploded"
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- 4verb
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
"We exploded the nuclear bomb"
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