Definition of detonation
1 : the action or process of detonating
2 : rapid combustion in an internal combustion engine that results in knocking
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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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That would have depended on such unknowns as the size of the weapon, the population density of the region and the direction of the wind on the day of the detonation.
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As the Nevada Test Site, the area hosted more than 1,000 nuclear detonations from 1951 to 1992.
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The main white building is the facility where the IAEA suspects detonation work may have taken place.
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