"detonate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛtəneɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛʔ.ə.neɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detonate.wav [Southern-England] 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|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), 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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 38 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 58 36 6 Disambiguation of 'to explode': 57 43 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 85 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 Related terms: detonatable, detonation, detonator

Adverb [Ido]

Head templates: {{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

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
    Sense id: en-detonate-it-verb-tv7eEFId Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of detonare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    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

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): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to explode",
          "word": "detonare"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to explode",
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          "word": "detonar"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to explode",
          "word": "exploda"
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          "sense": "to explode",
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        "(transitive) To cause to explode."
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "detonieren"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "potséts",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "פוצץ"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "_dis1": "15 85 0",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to cause to explode",
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          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "detonar"
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "revittää"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "far detonare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "far esplodere"
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          "_dis1": "15 85 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 85 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "whakapakū"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "detonar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "15 85 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "detona"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 85 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "word": "a face să explodeze"
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          "_dis1": "15 85 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "vzryvátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "взрыва́ть"
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          "_dis1": "15 85 0",
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          "roman": "vzorvátʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "взорва́ть"
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          "_dis1": "15 85 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "detonírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to explode",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "детони́ровать"
        }
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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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        }
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        "To express sudden anger."
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To express sudden anger."
      ],
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      "word": "blast"
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}

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    }
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}
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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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        "t2": "thunder"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "participle",
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      "word": "combust"
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        "To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression."
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          "combust"
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          "supersonic"
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          "shock"
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          "compression"
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        "(intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust or decompose supersonically via shock compression."
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        "intransitive"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To cause to explode."
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        ]
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        "(transitive) To cause to explode."
      ],
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        "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? […]",
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        }
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        "To express sudden anger."
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          "express"
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        [
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          "anger"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To express sudden anger."
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        "intransitive"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛtəneɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛʔ.ə.neɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "blast"
    },
    {
      "word": "discharge"
    },
    {
      "word": "fulminate"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": "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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  "lang_code": "io",
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        "Ido non-lemma forms"
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        {
          "word": "detonar"
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        "adverbial present passive participle of detonar"
      ],
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}

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    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participle forms",
    "Italian verb forms"
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      "expansion": "detonate",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "inflection of detonare:",
        "second-person plural present indicative"
      ],
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        [
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          "detonare#Italian"
        ]
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        "present",
        "second-person"
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        "second-person plural imperative"
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        [
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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  ],
  "word": "detonate"
}

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    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participle forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
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        "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"
}

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    {
      "form": "dētonāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "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"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "dētonō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of dētonō"
      ],
      "links": [
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}

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        "2": "verb form"
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      "expansion": "detonate",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "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"
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        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
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        "imperative",
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        "object-singular",
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        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
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}

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