detonate

verb

/ˈdetəneɪt/

[intransitive, transitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they detonate	/ˈdetəneɪt/ /ˈdetəneɪt/
he / she / it detonates	/ˈdetəneɪts/ /ˈdetəneɪts/
past simple detonated	/ˈdetəneɪtɪd/ /ˈdetəneɪtɪd/
past participle detonated	/ˈdetəneɪtɪd/ /ˈdetəneɪtɪd/
-ing form detonating	/ˈdetəneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdetəneɪtɪŋ/

detonate (something) to explode, or to make a bomb or other device explode（使）爆炸；引爆；起爆
- Two other bombs failed to detonate.另外两枚炸弹未引爆。
- The terrorists planned to detonate the device when the shop was empty.恐怖分子计划在商店空着的时候引爆这个装置。
- The bomb was detonated by remote control.那枚炸弹是遥控引爆的。
Synonyms explode
explode
- blow up
- go off
- burst
- erupt
- detonate
These are all words that can be used when something breaks apart violently, causing damage or injury.
- explode to burst (= to break open or apart) loudly and violently, causing damage; to make something burst in this way:
  The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded.喷气式飞机撞上山坡爆炸了。
  The bomb was exploded under controlled conditions.对炸弹实施了可控引爆。
- blow (something) up to be destroyed by an explosion; to destroy something by an explosion:
  A police officer was killed when his car blew up.一名警察在其汽车爆炸时遇难。
- go off (of a bomb) to explode; (of a gun) to be fired:
  The bomb went off in a crowded street.炸弹在挤满人的大街上爆炸了。
  When used about guns, the choice of go off (instead of ‘be fired’) can suggest that the gun was fired by accident.
- burst to break open or apart, especially because of pressure from inside; to make something break in this way:
  That balloon’s going to burst.那气球马上要爆了。
- erupt (of a volcano) to throw out burning rocks and smoke; (of burning rocks and smoke) to be thrown out of a volcano.指（火山）爆发、（岩浆、烟）喷出
- detonate (rather formal) (of a bomb) to explode; to make a bomb explode:指（炸弹）爆炸、使（炸弹）爆炸、引爆、起爆：
  Two other bombs failed to detonate.另外两枚炸弹没有爆炸。
Patterns
- a bomb explodes/blows up/goes off/bursts/detonates
- a car/plane/vehicle explodes/blows up
- a firework/rocket explodes/goes off
- a gun goes off
Topics War and conflictc2
Collocations Dictionary
Detonate is used with these nouns as the subject:
bomb
Detonate is used with these nouns as the object:
bomb
explosive
mine
…
词源early 18th cent.: from Latin detonat- ‘thundered down or forth’, from the verb detonare, from de- ‘down’ + tonare ‘to thunder’.