Det″o‐nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Detonated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Detonating (?).] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See Thunder, and cf. Detonize.] To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.