亚洲网紅露点

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detonate

[ det-n-eyt ]

verb (used without object)

detonated, detonating.
  1. to explode with suddenness and violence.


verb (used with object)

detonated, detonating.
  1. to cause (something explosive) to explode.

detonate

/ 藞诲蓻迟蓹藢苍别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode or (of a bomb, mine, etc) to explode; set off or be set off
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别迟路辞路苍补路产濒别 [det, -n-, uh, -b, uh, l], 诲别迟顎僶路苍补迟顎卆路产濒别 adjective
  • 诲别迟顎卭路苍补路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 诲别迟顎卭路苍补迟顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 苍辞苍路诲别迟顎僶路苍补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
  • 耻苍路诲别迟顎僶路苍补迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of detonate1

1720鈥30; < Latin 诲脓迟辞苍腻迟耻蝉 thundered forth (past participle of 诲脓迟辞苍腻谤别 ), equivalent to 诲脓- de- + ton ( 腻谤别 ) to thunder + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of detonate1

C18: from Latin 诲脓迟辞苍腻谤别 to thunder down, from de- + ton腻谤别 to thunder
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Crews on another hulking piece of equipment, called a jumbo, used compressed-air drills to bore dozens of holes, which were packed with blasting power and detonated to pierce the rock.

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Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Biological and Chemical Defence Forces, was outside a residential block when a device hidden in a scooter was detonated remotely, SK said.

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He said a crowd had gathered to watch, adding that he was told a World War Two shell had been detonated.

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I regularly did more research on what type of mascara to buy than I did any online probing about this man for whom I was about to detonate my life.

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Some Wodehouse lines are like time bombs, detonating with a momentary delay.

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