as in explosion
the act or an instance of exploding there was a series of detonations around the base of the condemned building, causing it to come crashing down in a matter of minutes

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Recent Examples of detonation This envelope becomes unstable and eventually ignites, triggering the first detonation. Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2025 Court documents state that one video appeared to show Phillips holding a detonation device. Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Seventeen years after Plowshare’s genesis, Rio Blanco marked the very last underground detonation. Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 The 30,000-pound bomb consists of steel, explosive and a fuse programmed to a specific detonation time. Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for detonation
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Noun
  • The fighting began last week after a land mine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • But as the Sunshine State was facing the same chronic shortage of homes plaguing the rest of the country, the explosion in demand resulted in house prices booming to unprecedented highs.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There have been three major eruptions at Yellowstone, according to NPS.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 22 July 2025
  • The devastation following the volcano’s famous eruption in 79 CE is well-documented across multiple archeological sites at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and elsewhere.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2025

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“Detonation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detonation. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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