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detonation
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det·o·na·tion  (dtn-shn)
n.
1. The act of exploding.
2. An explosion.

detonation [ˌdɛtəˈneɪʃən]
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an explosion or the act of exploding
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the spontaneous combustion in an internal-combustion engine of part of the mixture before it has been reached by the flame front, causing the engine to knock
3. (Physics / General Physics) Physics rapid combustion, esp that occurring within a shock wave
detonative  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.detonationdetonation - a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
discharge - the sudden giving off of energy
airburst - an explosion in the atmosphere
blast - an explosion (as of dynamite)
backfire - a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
big bang - (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe
backfire, blowback - the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
fragmentation - the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
inflation - (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
2.detonation - the act of detonating an explosive
burst, explosion - the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
percussion - the act of exploding a percussion cap

detonation
noun
1. explosion, blast, bang, report, crack, boom, discharge, fulmination a heavy detonation echoed round the housing estate
2. blowing-up, explosion, discharge the accidental detonation of nuclear weapons
Translations
detonation [ˌdetəˈneɪʃən] Ndetonación f
detonation [ˌdɛtəˈneɪʃən] n
(= explosion) → détonation f
[weapon, bomb] → explosion f
detonation
nZündung f
detonation [ˌdɛtəˈneɪʃn] ndetonazione f
detonation [ˌdɛtəˈneɪʃn] ndetonazione f


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