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to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure
the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions
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Recent Examples of detonated
Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Once a year, in October, visitors can attend an open house at the Trinity Site—where the first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.
—Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
None of the explosive devices detonated.
—CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
The same group had previously claimed a suicide attack in June in which a gunman opened fire and then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church in Dweil'a, on the outskirts of Damascus, killing 25 people as worshippers prayed on a Sunday.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025
Jacksonville detonated the Broncos’ 11-game win streak, and their rookie coach let Sean Payton know about it.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Charging documents said the plan involved planting backpacks with the explosive devices, to be simultaneously detonated.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
In October of that year, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba over the Arctic.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
An additional 1,000 pounds of undetonated explosives were found after the blast and were safely detonated, officials said during a press briefing.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
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The move detonated a war within the cartel that has left thousands dead or disappeared.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for detonated
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Some astronomers believe the source of the glow to be pulsars — the spinning leftovers of exploded stars — while others point to colliding particles of dark matter, an elusive and invisible form of matter that is believed to be five times more abundant than regular matter.—
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Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis says reaching the center of the wreckage at the exploded ammunition plant will be slow and complex.—
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Turcotte found the puck and popped in his third goal of the season.—
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And in November, Puma shares popped up again, this time on rumblings that China’s sportswear firm Anta Sports could be eyeing the German athletic brand.—
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Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.—
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Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.—
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Princely Umanmielen sat at his locker in complete silence, still in his full uniform, roughly 30 minutes after the final whistle blew on Saturday.—
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Green Bay blew a 21-6 lead in the fourth quarter of a wild 31-27 loss to the Chicago Bears in the wild-card round of the playoffs on Saturday night.—
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The chicken and cherry tomatoes roast together on a single sheet pan, then the chicken is topped with cheese and finished with spoonfuls of the smashed, roasted tomatoes.—
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Officers arrived and identified 48 vehicles with smashed windows.—
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Yamamoto earned his third victory, a 5-4 triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays that ended in the 11th inning on the shattered bat of Alejandro Kirk, who tapped a splitter to Mookie Betts at shortstop for a season-ending double play.—
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The second suspect, a 39-year-old man also from Aubervilliers, was already known to police for thefts; his DNA was discovered on the shattered display case and other items left behind.—
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“Detonated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detonated. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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