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DETONATED
Verb
detonated
simple past tense and past participle of detonate
Anagrams
• denotated
Source: Wiktionary
DETONATE
Det"o*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Detonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Detonating.] Etym: [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See Thunder, and cf. Detonize.]
Definition: To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
Det"o*nate, v. t.
Definition: To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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