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What is the noun for detonate?

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detonator
  1. A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
  2. (rail transport, Britain) a small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
  3. (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
  4. (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Troy grimly thumbed the detonator as a trio of eager gunrunners raced forward with what looked like shaped charges of plastique.”
      “At his instance the police also recovered a detonator and a piece of fuse wire from his house.”
      “As the camera zooms it, the object is revealed to be a detonator for an explosive device.”
detonation
  1. An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
  2. Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The site claims, in the event of a detonation, you should take shelter, gain distance, and minimize your exposure time.”
      “Its high octane rating delivers strong engine performance by helping engines resist detonation so they can run higher compression ratios.”
      “A conventional bomb has a casing containing explosives, a detonation or ignition system, and an initiation device or fuse.”
detonability
  1. A measure of the readiness with which an explosive will detonate under specified conditions.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Hydrogen-air-steam was chosen for this analysis since its flammability and detonability limits are well known.”
detonization
  1. (archaic) detonation
detonizations
  1. plural of detonization
detonabilities
  1. plural of detonability
detonations
  1. plural of detonation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “One high-flying plane could be seen dropping flares before the detonations.”
      “For the recalcitrants, the hell-on-earth of daisy-cutters, thermobaric bombs and the everlasting half-life of the waste from nuclear detonations.”
      “Other thunderous detonations resounded from the area of the airport before the all-clear siren sounded, leaving an eerie quiet.”
detonators
  1. plural of detonator
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Greek special forces have captured a freighter carrying 680 tons of explosives, along with detonators and fuses, bound for North Africa.”
      “The young man struts, prances, like a kind of teenage prankster, with stink bombs and remote control detonators.”
      “The bombs are set off by remote-controlled detonators made from simple devices like this car alarm.”
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