Definitions for detonation

detonation det·o·na·tion

Spelling: [det-n-ey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌdɛt nˈeɪ ʃən/

Detonation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 360 anagrams from letters in detonation (adeinnoott).

Definitions for detonation

noun

  1. the act of detonating.
  2. an explosion.
  3. Machinery. the premature spontaneous burning of a fuel–air mixture in an internal-combustion engine due to the high temperature of air compressed in a cylinder.

Origin of detonation

1670-80; Medieval Latin dētonātiōn- (stem of dētonātiō), equivalent to Latin dētonāt(us) (see detonate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for detonation

The detonation that followed startled him out of his self-possession.

But it was not a detonation like that of the report of a rifle or revolver.

A detonation, loud as a hundred peals of thunder, rent the air.

He shuddered at the thought of the havoc which its detonation would cause.

In midafternoon we actually felt the detonation of two bombs a couple of miles away.

No detonation was heard in the inside, for there was no air.

Then, afresh, I saw them look in their knapsacks, and next I heard a detonation.

It was not the shouts of men, nor the detonation of guns, nor the pealing of the thunder.

Krytrons are sophisticated triggers for the detonation of nuclear bombs.

The detonation of a cartridge or so when a bombardment is going on, what does it count for?

Word Value for detonation
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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