Definitions for detonations

detonations det·o·na·tion

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

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

You can make 767 anagrams from letters in detonations (adeinnoostt).

Definitions for detonations

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 detonations

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

Examples for detonations

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

Krytrons are sophisticated triggers for the detonation of nuclear bombs.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for detonations
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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