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Synonyms for detonation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : det-n-ey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛt nˈeɪ ʃən


Définition of detonation

Origin :
  • 1670s, "explosion accompanied by loud sound," from French détonation, from Medieval Latin detonationem (nominative detonatio), from Latin detonare "to thunder down, to release one's thunder, roar out," from de- "down" (see de-) + tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)). Sense of "act of causing to explode" (mid-18c.) developed in French.
  • noun explosion
Example sentences :
  • He shuddered at the thought of the havoc which its detonation would cause.
  • Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • The detonation of a cartridge or so when a bombardment is going on, what does it count for?
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • The detonation that followed startled him out of his self-possession.
  • Extract from : « The Doomsman » by Van Tassel Sutphen
  • It was not the shouts of men, nor the detonation of guns, nor the pealing of the thunder.
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • No detonation was heard in the inside, for there was no air.
  • Extract from : « From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It » by Jules Verne
  • A detonation, loud as a hundred peals of thunder, rent the air.
  • Extract from : « Last of the Incas » by Gustave Aimard
  • But it was not a detonation like that of the report of a rifle or revolver.
  • Extract from : « Our Part in the Great War » by Arthur Gleason
  • Then, afresh, I saw them look in their knapsacks, and next I heard a detonation.
  • Extract from : « Our Part in the Great War » by Arthur Gleason
  • The crater produced by this detonation was 320 feet deep and 1200 feet in diameter.
  • Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines
  • Placed on burning coals, they decrepitate on drying, and produce a species of explosion or detonation.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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