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detonation

noun as in explosion

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In midafternoon we actually felt the detonation of two bombs a couple of miles away.

One official surveying the destruction likened it to a nuclear detonation.

I pretty much thought I was going to die in a nuclear detonation before I was 15.

Krytrons are sophisticated triggers for the detonation of nuclear bombs.

At that, there was what could only be described as a diva detonation.

At the same instant a detonation was heard, and a bullet cut away a branch just over the Chiefs head.

Two minutes afterwards the ship blew up with a glorious detonation.

The word explosion is always used concretely (an explosion, or a detonation as chemists commonly call it).

For a long time the detonation of the artillery and the rattle of musketry continued unabated.

There was a flare of colored lights, a deafening detonation—and he felt himself knocked breathless against a wall.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to detonation, such as: ignition, bang, blast, blowout, boom, and discharge.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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