DETONATION
\dˌɛtənˈe͡ɪʃən], \dˌɛtənˈeɪʃən], \d_ˌɛ_t_ə_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DETONATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
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the act of detonating an explosive
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.
By Oddity Software
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An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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A violent noise caused by a chemical decomposition or combination. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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