detonate

Etymology
Borrowed from, which meant "to stop thundering", e.g. as in weather. The current English meaning seems to be a new formation in postclassical times.

Verb

 * 1)  To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression.
 * 2)  To cause to explode.
 * 3)  To express sudden anger.
 * 1)  To express sudden anger.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
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 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: reppiä
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: revittää
 * Italian: far detonare, far esplodere
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakapakū
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, a face să explodeze
 * Russian:, ,