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6 words match “DETONATE”

DETONATE v. 2 definitions
To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
DETONATING a.
from Detonate. Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. -- Detonating powder, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. -- Detonating primer, a primer expl…
DETONATOR n.
One who, or that which, detonates.
DETONIZE v.
To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
EXPLODE v. 2 definitions
To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
FULMINATE v.
To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.