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Topic: INDUSTRY

Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: detonare, from tonare 'to thunder'

detonate

 verb
     
det‧o‧nate [intransitive and transitive]
PMTI to explode or to make something explode
—detonation noun [uncountable]
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