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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛtəneɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛʔ.ə.neɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detonate.wav Forms: detonates [present, singular, third-person], detonating [participle, present], detonated [participle, past], detonated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dētonō, dētonātus, which meant "to stop thundering", e.g. as in weather (dē- (“from”) + tonāre (“thunder”)). The current English meaning seems to be a new formation in postclassical times. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|detono|dētonō, dētonātus}} Latin dētonō, dētonātus, {{prefix|la|dē|tonāre|nocat=1|t1=from|t2=thunder}} dē- (“from”) + tonāre (“thunder”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} detonate (third-person singular simple present detonates, present participle detonating, simple past and past participle detonated)
  1. (intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression. Tags: intransitive Translations (to explode): избухвам (izbuhvam) (Bulgarian), 爆炸 (bàozhà) (Chinese Mandarin), räjähtää (Finnish), pamahtaa (Finnish), détonner (French), התפוצץ (hitpotséts) (Hebrew), robban (Hungarian), felrobban (Hungarian), detonar (Ido), reppiä (Ingrian), detonare (Italian), esplodere (Italian), detonar (Portuguese), explodir (Portuguese), exploda (Romanian), взрыва́ться (vzryvátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), взорва́ться (vzorvátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), detonera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-detonate-en-verb-1jZ1yu1C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 29 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 29 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 20 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 28 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 28 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 58 32 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 61 32 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 64 27 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 61 29 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 63 28 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 63 28 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 65 26 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 67 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 28 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 67 23 10 Disambiguation of 'to explode': 59 41 0
  2. (transitive) To cause to explode. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to explode): възпламенявам (vǎzplamenjavam) (Bulgarian), 引爆 (yǐnbào) (Chinese Mandarin), räjäyttää (Finnish), détoner (French), détonner (French), detonieren (German), פוצץ (potséts) (Hebrew), robbant (Hungarian), felrobbant (Hungarian), kirobbant [figuratively] (Hungarian), detonar (Ido), revittää (Ingrian), far detonare (Italian), far esplodere (Italian), 爆発させる (bakuhatsu saseru) (alt: ばくはつさせる) (Japanese), whakapakū (Maori), detonar (Portuguese), detona (Romanian), a face să explodeze (Romanian), взрыва́ть (vzryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), взорва́ть (vzorvátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), детони́ровать (detonírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-detonate-en-verb-qX1vvBJe Disambiguation of 'to cause to explode': 15 84 0
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To express sudden anger. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-detonate-en-verb-oWtcocCO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blast, discharge, fulminate Hypernyms: combust Derived forms: detcord, detonative, nondetonating, undetonated Related terms: detonatable, detonation, detonator

Adverb [Ido]

Head templates: {{head|io|participle|cat2=adverbial participles}} detonate, {{io-part|adv}} detonate
  1. adverbial present passive participle of detonar Tags: adverbial, form-of, participle, passive, present Form of: detonar
    Sense id: en-detonate-io-adv-Pt8lUE8p Categories (other): Ido entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} detonate
  1. inflection of detonare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: detonare
    Sense id: en-detonate-it-verb-tv7eEFId Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 22 9 4 53 8 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 6 2 64 6 3 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 78 19 4
  2. inflection of detonare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: detonare
    Sense id: en-detonate-it-verb-ujOICVAr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} detonate f pl
  1. feminine plural of detonato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: detonato
    Sense id: en-detonate-it-verb-MZgLV~Ro
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: dētonāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=dētonāte}} dētonāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dētonō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: dētonō
    Sense id: en-detonate-la-verb-9sYMwAde Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} detonate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of detonar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: detonar
    Sense id: en-detonate-es-verb-BFDTJWnm Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression."
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        "(intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression."
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          "sense": "to explode",
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          "sense": "to explode",
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          "roman": "hitpotséts",
          "sense": "to explode",
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          "sense": "to explode",
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          "sense": "to explode",
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          "sense": "to explode",
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          "sense": "to explode",
          "word": "detonare"
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          "_dis1": "59 41 0",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to explode",
          "word": "esplodere"
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          "_dis1": "59 41 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to explode",
          "word": "detonar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 41 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to explode",
          "word": "explodir"
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          "_dis1": "59 41 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to explode",
          "word": "exploda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "59 41 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzryvátʹsja",
          "sense": "to explode",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "взрыва́ться"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzorvátʹsja",
          "sense": "to explode",
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          "word": "взорва́ться"
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          "sense": "to explode",
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          "text": "The engineers detonated the dynamite and watched the old building collapse.",
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        "To cause to explode."
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        "(transitive) To cause to explode."
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
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          "roman": "vǎzplamenjavam",
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          "word": "възпламенявам"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐnbào",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "引爆"
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          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "potséts",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "פוצץ"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "robbant"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "word": "kirobbant"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "detonar"
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          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "revittää"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "far detonare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "far esplodere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "alt": "ばくはつさせる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bakuhatsu saseru",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "爆発させる"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "whakapakū"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "detonar"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "detona"
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "a face să explodeze"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzryvátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "взрыва́ть"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzorvátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "взорва́ть"
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          "_dis1": "15 84 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "detonírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "ref": "2013, Michael J. Restrepo, The Custody Officer, page 116:",
          "text": "As Oscar turned to greet Yvonne, she could see every muscle in his body contract in anger. Then he detonated. “What the hell are you doing here without an appointment? […]",
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        "To express sudden anger."
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To express sudden anger."
      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "blast"
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "adv"
      },
      "expansion": "detonate",
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    }
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "parents": [],
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        "present",
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    {
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        "inflection of detonare:",
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        [
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        "form-of",
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        "second-person"
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        "1": "it",
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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}

{
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb form"
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      "expansion": "detonate",
      "name": "head"
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "word": "detonar"
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      "links": [
        [
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        ]
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}
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English verbs",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
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      "word": "detcord"
    },
    {
      "word": "detonative"
    },
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      "word": "nondetonating"
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    {
      "word": "undetonated"
    }
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "detono",
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      "name": "bor"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "dē",
        "3": "tonāre",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "from",
        "t2": "thunder"
      },
      "expansion": "dē- (“from”) + tonāre (“thunder”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "detonates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detonating",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "detonated",
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        "past"
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      "tags": [
        "past"
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      "word": "combust"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "detonation"
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    {
      "word": "detonator"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "explode"
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          "blow up"
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          "combust"
        ],
        [
          "decompose",
          "decompose"
        ],
        [
          "supersonic",
          "supersonic"
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          "shock",
          "shock"
        ],
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          "compression",
          "compression"
        ]
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        "(intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The engineers detonated the dynamite and watched the old building collapse.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to explode."
      ],
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          "explode"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to explode."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2013, Michael J. Restrepo, The Custody Officer, page 116:",
          "text": "As Oscar turned to greet Yvonne, she could see every muscle in his body contract in anger. Then he detonated. “What the hell are you doing here without an appointment? […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To express sudden anger."
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      "links": [
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "anger",
          "anger"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figurative) To express sudden anger."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛtəneɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛʔ.ə.neɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "blast"
    },
    {
      "word": "discharge"
    },
    {
      "word": "fulminate"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbuhvam",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "избухвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàozhà",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "爆炸"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "räjähtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "pamahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "détonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitpotséts",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "התפוצץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "robban"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "felrobban"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "detonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "reppiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "detonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "esplodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "detonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "explodir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "exploda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzryvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "взрыва́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzorvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "взорва́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to explode",
      "word": "detonera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzplamenjavam",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "възпламенявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐnbào",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "引爆"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "räjäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "détoner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "détonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "detonieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "potséts",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "פוצץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "robbant"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "felrobbant"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "kirobbant"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "detonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "revittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "far detonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "far esplodere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ばくはつさせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bakuhatsu saseru",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "爆発させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "whakapakū"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "detonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "detona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "word": "a face să explodeze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "взрыва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzorvátʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "взорва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "detonírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to cause to explode",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "детони́ровать"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "2": "participle",
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adv"
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      "expansion": "detonate",
      "name": "io-part"
    }
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  "lang_code": "io",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Ido adverbial participles",
        "Ido entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ido non-lemma forms",
        "Ido participles",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "detonar"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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}

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  "categories": [
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    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participle forms",
    "Italian verb forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
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      "expansion": "detonate",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "it",
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          "word": "detonare"
        }
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        "inflection of detonare:",
        "second-person plural present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "detonare",
          "detonare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "detonare"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of detonare:",
        "second-person plural imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "detonare",
          "detonare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "detonate"
}

{
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    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participle forms",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "past participle form",
        "g": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "detonate f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "detonato"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of detonato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "detonato",
          "detonato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "detonate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dētonāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "dētonāte"
      },
      "expansion": "dētonāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "dētonō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of dētonō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dētonō",
          "detono#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "detonate"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "detonate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "detonar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of detonar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "detonar",
          "detonar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "detonate"
}

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