detonate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛtəneɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈdɛtəˌneɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈdɛɾəˌneɪt]
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈdɛʔ.əˌneɪt]
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdetənæɪt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈdeɾənæɪt]
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH1 T AH0 N EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1729; either borrowed from French détoner or directly from Latin dētonātus, perfect passive participle of dētonō (“to thunder down (strongly); (figuratively, of a person) to thunder, speak threateningly, to rage; to stop thundering”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off, from”) + tonō (“to thunder”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh2-. The current interlingual meaning seems to be a new formation in postclassical times (to thunder → make a large noise → explode), compare explode.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: избухвам (izbuhvam) — to explode
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆炸 (bàozhà) — to explode
• Finnish: räjähtää — to explode
• Finnish: pamahtaa — to explode
• French: détoner — to explode
• Hebrew: התפוצץ (hitpotséts) — to explode
• Hungarian: robban — to explode
• Hungarian: felrobban — to explode
• Ido: detonar — to explode
• Ingrian: reppiä — to explode
• Italian: detonare — to explode
• Italian: esplodere — to explode
• Māori: pakū — to explode
• Māori: pohū — to explode
• Portuguese: detonar — to explode
• Portuguese: explodir — to explode
• Romanian: exploda — to explode
• Russian: взрыва́ться (vzryvátʹsja) — to explode
• Russian: взорва́ться (vzorvátʹsja) — to explode
• Spanish: detonarse — to explode
• Swedish: detonera — to explode
• Bulgarian: възпламенявам (vǎzplamenjavam) — to cause to explode
• Chinese Mandarin: 引爆 (yǐnbào) — to cause to explode
• Finnish: räjäyttää — to cause to explode
• French: détoner — to cause to explode
• German: detonieren — to cause to explode
• Hebrew: פוצץ (potséts) — to cause to explode
• Hungarian: robbant — to cause to explode
• Hungarian: felrobbant — to cause to explode
• Hungarian: kirobbant — to cause to explode
• Ido: detonar — to cause to explode
• Ingrian: revittää — to cause to explode
• Italian: far detonare — to cause to explode
• Italian: far esplodere — to cause to explode
• Japanese: 爆発させる (bakuhatsu saseru) — to cause to explode
• Māori: whakapakū — to cause to explode
• Portuguese: detonar — to cause to explode
• Romanian: detona — to cause to explode
• Romanian: a face să explodeze — to cause to explode
• Russian: взрыва́ть (vzryvátʹ) — to cause to explode
• Russian: взорва́ть (vzorvátʹ) — to cause to explode
• Russian: детони́ровать (detonírovatʹ) — to cause to explode
• Spanish: detonar — to cause to explode