The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
detonates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detonate
• datestone, denotates, endotesta
Source: Wiktionary
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
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.