Definitions for detonates

detonates det·o·nate

Spelling: [det-n-eyt]
IPA: /ˈdɛt nˌeɪt/

Detonates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 402 anagrams from letters in detonates (adeenostt).

Definitions for detonates

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause (something explosive) to explode.

verb (used without object)

  1. to explode with suddenness and violence.

Origin of detonates

1720-30; Latin dētonātus thundered forth (past participle of dētonāre), equivalent to dē- de- + ton(āre) to thunder + -ātus Examples for detonates

He was referring to the lone wolves such as ISIS is now urging online to detonate pipe bombs in Times Square.

It was fused to detonate at the very tip of the fringes of the planet's atmosphere.

NBC president Warren Littlefield told the writers to construct the episodes to allow Bobby to “detonate” with his impressions.

The bullets didn't hit him, they were set to detonate a fraction of an inch away.

That a suicide bomber will detonate himself in the middle of Fifth Avenue?

The force of the wind was expected to detonate the explosives by driving a movable board against percussion caps.

Regulus of Antimony mixed with nitre, and projected into a red-hot crucible, sets the nitre in a flame, and makes it detonate.

Times Square, New York City May 1, 2010 Faisal Shahzad Failed attempt to detonate a vehicle bomb in Times Square.

As the quantity of contained water increases it becomes difficult or even impossible to detonate by an ordinary blow.

Operators on the ground chose to detonate the rocket shortly after launch once it was established that there were problems.

Word Value for detonates
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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