Detonate

Word DETONATE
Character 8
Hyphenation det o nate
Pronunciations /ˈdɛtəneɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Detonate"

What do we mean by detonate?

To explode or cause to explode. intransitive & transitive verb

To cause to explode; specifically, to cause to explode with great suddenness and with a loud report.

To explode with great suddenness and with a loud noise: as, niter detonates with sulphur.

To explode with a sudden report. intransitive verb

To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report. transitive verb

To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression. verb

To cause an explosion. verb

Cause to burst with a violent release of energy verb

Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction verb

To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.

To cause to explode.

After chugging a can of beer (this does not work with a bottle) one smashes it against his head or that in the surrounding vicinity, aka detonating it, until it is crushed. Then, said detonator throws it wherever he pleases and the act of detonating it is completed. Usually leads to someone getting laid and or married. Urban Dictionary

1. Verb.- to cause an explosion. 2. Keyword in a game played between two friends and an "out-of-the-loop" third party where detonate is used to inform the other friend the hit the "out-of-the-loop" friend in the pectoral region. For info on counter attacks, see Blowback. Urban Dictionary

To pass gas. To break wind. To fart. Urban Dictionary

Taking a beer can, shaking it up and exploding it by the forceful slamming of said can against one's forehead. The real art of this game involves careful placement of beer can on forehead, force of impact, and splatter distance. Masters of this game value winning not only at detonating the can, but how far each half of the split can travels, number of attempts needed to detonate, but also making sure audience members enjoy the sport. Urban Dictionary

A simple conjuring which can be fired at varying strength. Envelopes the target in emerald flames. Urban Dictionary

A drinking game that doesn't require much drinking. Participants slam a shaken-up beer, sideways, into their forehead with a goal of detonating. This, of course, occurs after a crazy pump-up yell of "DETONATOR!". If a detonation is not achieved, the beer is passed, spraying or not, to the next person, who then attempts to detonate. One who detonates is fucking HARDCORE. Urban Dictionary

Verb: to be drunk; to win or lose in sports Urban Dictionary

A hilarious euphemism for any kind of nut shot imaginable...with a Star Wars twist! Urban Dictionary

When you take any alcoholic carbonated beverage and shake it to build pressure, smash it off your forehead and continue to drink it shotgun style Urban Dictionary

An emotional detonator is a word or multiple words, image or multiple images, video, idea, or perception that causes an explosive and often irrational, emotionally based reaction that renders logic and sound judgment abilities immediately inert. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Detonate

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The word "detonate" in example sentences

I couldn't have been more confused had they used the word "detonate." ❋ Jody Melto (2011)

One, a car bombing that was found in the -- a car bomb I should say, it did not detonate, which is the good news -- found in the Haymarket Theatre district as smoke coming out the passenger side of that vehicle. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was theorized that a round with much less than full case capacity of powder may sometimes "detonate" en mass instead of the normal burn from one end of the powder column to the other, this detonation produces a instant pressure spike that is so sudden that the bullet's inertia cannot be overcome quickly enough to let the pressure lower. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Make the grenade "detonate" and anything within a certain radius would pick this signal up and register a kill, anything beyond this radius would not pick up the signal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Leland: When I first read "a pressure switch in the seat to denote a person", I thought you wrote "detonate". ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

With power already supplied, the only thing that’s needed to detonate is to complete the electrical circuit. ❋ William Kent Krueger (2005)

The mine will "detonate" with 10lbs of pressure, and will produce a loud report. ❋ Real Action Paintball (2010)

When the total number of addresses on the list reaches some threshold-10 million, perhaps - the servers "detonate," and all on their lists receive an email in the morning instructing them to converge in the center of their city that same afternoon. ❋ Bill Wasik (2010)

Some beam rider systems may be able to send commands to the missile, most commonly "detonate" or "turn on proximity fuze". ❋ Unknown (2009)

If I check it in as luggage, should I inform the check-in desk about the content so that I don't create some national security incident where they close down the airport and bring remote controlled robots to "detonate" my poor lamp? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Marie Brennan on Dec 17th, 2009 at 4: 37 pm heteromeles — bonobos kind of detonate any attempt to say our sexual mores are derived from the wild, since they’re our closest genetic relatives, and they’ll nail anything that moves — opposite sex, same sex, underage, family member, they don’t really care. ❋ Unknown (2009)

'detonate' folk usually take notice, get all scared like because they are not used to me using explosive words. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He allegedly was planning to build and detonate a “dirty bomb,” a crude radioactivity dispersal device, in the United States. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

While the packages were addressed to synagogues in Chicago, officials believe that the devices were intended to detonate en route. ❋ Jason Linkins (2010)

Jake: Hey Addie I really like you we should hang out some.. wtf (Garrett finishes chugging his beer and detonates it on Jake's head, the proceeds to throw it directly in the face of [Chapman]) Garrett: [DETONATE], bitch Chapman: Are you kidding me? I'm from Rye. Jake: Sorry Addie, [where was I]? Addie: Oh Jakeee, I love you so much lets scissor!! And then you can squat down and sit on my face. (they make out) ❋ Ernest Gallagher (2012)

Sam: [Detonate]! Allison: **[fwap]** Julie: Ahhh, my [bresticle]. ❋ Sqrip (2007)

[Dude], [I'ma] detonate. ❋ PoopyPoo (2005)

Did you see that game of [detonator]!? Dude, QuickStep needed only 2 tries to explode that can. He must have a [forehead] made of [steel]. ❋ Capitan Senor Boom (2010)

[Jabor] [fired] off [three] Detonations in rapid-fire. ❋ Kwing (2009)

[DETONATOR]! **[smash]** [Fuck]! ❋ Dave Barcowski (2008)

1: I got detonated last night [mang]! 2: [Dood], we fucking detonated them yesterday. ([We got] detonated.) ❋ Gaybob (2004)

I totally dropped a [spermal detonator] on my girl's tits and immediately went back to [ruling] at [The Force Unleashed]! ❋ Notanerdoranything (2010)

Me: Bro did you see what [Fisher] did last night? [We was] so drunk he did 3 [domepiece] detonations ❋ Qweeeem (2018)

The media is notorious for using [inflammatory] [headlines], [doctored] videos, selective and biased reporting as emotional detonators to illicit emotional responses from the ill-informed public. ❋ Meta PhoriCole (2017)

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