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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
detonate .
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Examples
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The Conficker worm's purpose is still widely unknown as are its creators, but due to several of its characteristics and to previous worm exploits of similar nature, experts have several theories as to what will happen on April 1st when the worm "detonates," in a manner of speaking.
OSNews 2009
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The Conficker worm's purpose is still widely unknown as are its creators, but due to several of its characteristics and to previous worm exploits of similar nature, experts have several theories as to what will happen on April 1st when the worm "detonates," in a manner of speaking.
OSNews 2009
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One involves an Iranian nuclear "breakout" in plain English, Tehran detonates a bomb.
Rajan Menon: Iran, the West, and the Lessons of the Great War Rajan Menon 2012
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It works like this: if I let go of the handle, it sends a radio signal to the control equipment down in that little room on the drilling platform, and the bomb detonates.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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One involves an Iranian nuclear "breakout" in plain English, Tehran detonates a bomb.
Rajan Menon: Iran, the West, and the Lessons of the Great War Rajan Menon 2012
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Nothing like you see at the movies were somebody shoots a gas tank on a car and it detonates!
Carry-On Shotgun Shells Get Through Milwaukee Airport Security 2010
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It works like this: if I let go of the handle, it sends a radio signal to the control equipment down in that little room on the drilling platform, and the bomb detonates.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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One of my favourites remains the moment in the pilot telemovie where the Galatica is used to shield the escaping colony ships as they jump away, and then takes a direct hit from a nuke - the shot of the ship rolling as the missile detonates and the flash - that's some great movie making.
Question of the Day: What Are The Coolest SF Space Battles You've Seen? 2010
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At least 42 are killed when a suicide bomber detonates explosives outside a police recruiting center in the Iraqi town of Tikrit.
Iraqi Police Recruits Are Killed by Bomber Sam Dagher 2011
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Nothing like you see at the movies were somebody shoots a gas tank on a car and it detonates!
Carry-On Shotgun Shells Get Through Milwaukee Airport Security 2010
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