detonation
noun
det·o·na·tion
ˌde-tᵊn-ˈā-shən 
ˌde-tə-ˈnā-
1
: the action or process of detonating
2
: rapid combustion in an internal combustion engine that results in knocking
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Examples of detonation in a Sentence
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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The detonation of a nuclear bomb could pulverize parts of the asteroid, forming smaller chunks that will miss Earth entirely or burn up in the atmosphere.
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David Bressan, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
The strike followed the coordinated detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members across Lebanon, a significant escalation after months of deadly cross-border exchanges in parallel with Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip.
—Andrew Jones, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
Israel has not directly commented on the pager and radio detonations, which security sources say were probably carried out by its Mossad spy agency.
—Reuters Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
In a United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday warned that the detonation of communication devices could violate international human rights law.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
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David Bressan, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
The strike followed the coordinated detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members across Lebanon, a significant escalation after months of deadly cross-border exchanges in parallel with Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip.
—Andrew Jones, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
Israel has not directly commented on the pager and radio detonations, which security sources say were probably carried out by its Mossad spy agency.
—Reuters Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
In a United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday warned that the detonation of communication devices could violate international human rights law.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Detonation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detonation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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