detonations

plural of detonation
as in explosions
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 detonations The Global Burst Detection system, a set of specialized payloads hosted on US GPS satellites, has been monitoring the planet for signs of nuclear detonations for over 60 years. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025 Lithuania on Wednesday accused Russia of being behind the detonations of parcels carried by DHL and DPD in Europe in 2024 as part of a test run for to trigger explosions on cargo flights to the United States. Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025 Following the detonations, black rains fell, sticky and radioactive—a type of nuclear fallout. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Some thought experiments, if truly wrestled with, can act like inner detonations. Shai Tubali, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Kyiv awoke to loud explosions, drones flying overhead and air defenses booming.
    Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This finding offers new insights into the life cycles of stars and the science of stellar explosions, challenging previous assumptions about nova recurrence rates and shell formation.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This recurrent nova, known for its rapid eruptions approximately every 38 years, was last observed in 2009.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The platform hosts four instruments, one of which is a coronagraph to detect the massive eruptions from the Sun that spark geomagnetic storms.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Detonations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detonations. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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