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What does detonate mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
  2. (transitive) To cause an explosion.
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It was not clear whether he planned to detonate the bomb at the checkpoint or had intended to explode it at another target.
If the fuel deflagrates but does not detonate, victims will be severely burned and will probably also inhale the burning fuel.
The theory here is that the primer flashes over the small powder charge and causes it to detonate.
According to sources, dissident groups are now at work planning to plant bombs or detonate incendiary devices, according to leaked information.
His task is to detonate a nuclear device in Suffolk, which will somehow scare millions into voting Labour.
A ball of plutonium is surrounded with explosives, all of which detonate at precisely the same moment and with exactly the same power.

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