detonate
verb [intransitive, transitive]- detonate (something)
to explode, or to make a bomb or other device explode （使）爆炸；引爆；起爆 Two other bombs failed to detonate. 另外两枚炸弹未引爆。 The terrorists planned to detonate the device when the shop was empty. 恐怖分子计划在商店空着的时候引爆这个装置。 The bomb was detonated by remote control. 那枚炸弹是遥控引爆的。
Synonyms explodeexplodeTopics War and conflictc2- blow up
- go off
- burst
- erupt
- detonate
- explode to burst (= to break open or apart) loudly and violently, causing damage; to make something burst in this way:
The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded. 喷气式飞机撞上山坡爆炸了。 The bomb was exploded under controlled conditions. 对炸弹实施了可控引爆。
- blow (something) up to be destroyed by an explosion; to destroy something by an explosion:
A police officer was killed when his car blew up. 一名警察在其汽车爆炸时遇难。
- go off (of a bomb) to explode; (of a gun) to be fired:
The bomb went off in a crowded street. 炸弹在挤满人的大街上爆炸了。
- burst to break open or apart, especially because of pressure from inside; to make something break in this way:
That balloon’s going to burst. 那气球马上要爆了。
- erupt
(of a volcano) to throw out burning rocks and smoke; (of burning rocks and smoke) to be thrown out of a volcano. 指（火山）爆发、（岩浆、烟）喷出 - detonate (rather formal
) (of a bomb) to explode; to make a bomb explode: 指（炸弹）爆炸、使（炸弹）爆炸、引爆、起爆： Two other bombs failed to detonate. 另外两枚炸弹没有爆炸。
- a bomb explodes/blows up/goes off/bursts/detonates
- a car/plane/vehicle explodes/blows up
- a firework/rocket explodes/goes off
- a gun goes off
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDetonate is used with these nouns as the subject:- bomb
- bomb
- explosive
- mine
- …
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin detonat- ‘thundered down or forth’, from the verb detonare, from de- ‘down’ + tonare ‘to thunder’.