PMTIEXPLODEto explode or to make something explode 引爆,(使)爆炸► see thesaurus at explode
—detonation /ˌdetəˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]
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detonate• The beauty of C4 is that you can apply pressure or heat and it will not detonate.• The bomb, like yesterday's, was designed to be detonated by a mobilephone.• At first they were detonated by cables or tripwires.• Ammodumps were being detonated by incomingmortars and rockets, and all hell was breaking loose.• The 200 kg bomb was detonated by terrorists using a remote-control device.• Tensesoldiersdetonatedconcussiongrenades in an effort to disperse the crowds.• In court he was a good enough actor to detonate his one-liners with a casual deadliness.• Nuclear bombs were detonated in tests in the desert.• They were detonated just before 8: 30 p. m., when most of the neighborhood business was winding down.• Armyexpertsdetonated the bomb safely in a nearby field.• That was their stake and it detonated the kind of politics which are the stuff of socialism in our society.