detonate
verb
[ ˈdɛtəneɪt ]
• explode or cause to explode.
• "two other bombs failed to detonate"
Similar:
explode,
go off,
be set off,
blow up,
burst apart,
shatter,
erupt,
ignite,
bang,
blast,
boom,
go bang,
go boom,
set off,
discharge,
let off,
touch off,
trigger,
kindle,
light,
spark,
Origin:
early 18th century: from Latin detonat- ‘thundered down or forth’, from the verb detonare, from de- ‘down’ + tonare ‘to thunder’.
