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Word: Detonation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from French détonation, from the verb détoner, from Latin detonare ‘thunder down’ (see detonate)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdɛtəˈneɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdɛtənˈeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the action of causing a bomb or explosive device to explode
Short Definition:action of detonating explosive device
Examples:- she was in a control building at the time of detonation
- atom bomb detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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