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Detonation

noun

A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction. Synonyms: blowup, explosion.

The act of detonating an explosive.

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"Detonation" Quotes from Famous Books

... pictured himself taking sight at something grey that moved, and firing. His forefinger itched to press the trigger. He would take aim very carefully, he told himself; he pictured a dab of grey starting up from behind a grey tree trunk, and the sharp detonation of his rifle, and the dab of grey rolling among the last ...

— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos

... blow up, in extremity, themselves and the ships on which they voyaged the sea from far places. And yet on this unstable and death-terrific substance of which he was well aware Van Horn was composed, he trod heavily with his personality, daring, to the verge of detonation, to ...

— Jerry of the Islands • Jack London

... at the left, a jagged gap appeared. Suddenly, far below, toward the river, a crashing detonation shattered harsh ...

— The Air Trust • George Allan England

... careful aim at a flier almost directly overhead and fired. He could have sworn he hit it, but nothing happened. Grim's dynol pistol flamed redly nearby. The tracer pellet scorched upward, impacted, against the hull of a flier. There was a faint detonation, and the next instant the air ...

— Slaves of Mercury • Nat Schachner

... off steam and was slowing down under ordinary air, when all at once there was a dull deafening roar, and then for me—oblivion. I was only stunned and when I regained consciousness looked around and saw the men slowly regaining their feet. Redway was not killed, but the shock and concussion of the detonation of the dynamite made him lose his speech and he was bleeding profusely at the nose and ears. The cowcatcher, headlight and forward trucks of the engine were blown to smithereens, but fortunately the boiler did not burst and there she stood like some powerful monster ...

— Danger Signals • John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady

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