Thesaurus results for DETONATION

detonation

noun

ˌde-tᵊn-ˈā-shən

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 Iran will complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that are left, which will not be many!). —

Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 29 May 2026 The fireworks find comes after a fire in a converted garage May 9 led to the detonation of pyrotechnics that reportedly blew a man’s body apart on the 2400 block of Ninth Avenue in the Jefferson Park area. —

City News Service, Daily News, 28 May 2026 Natural Laboratories The discovery is even more interesting because in the same detonation event another very rare material was formed: a silicon-rich quasicrystal, already documented by the team of experts led by Bindi a few years ago. —

Marta Musso, Wired News, 17 May 2026 The idea for the massive detonation tunnel began as an inquiry from the coal mining industry. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for detonation

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With Blue Origin grounded until the source of the explosion can be determined, the pad can be repaired, and a new New Glenn can be readied for flight, NASA’s—and America’s—lunar dreams rest on the potentially wobbly shoulders of Starship.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 12 June 2026
The second of two launches on the day, and both a day after the Blue Origin New Glenn static fire explosion at Launch Complex 36, which was 6 miles to the south.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026