detonation

CEFRC1

/dɛtəˈneɪʃən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The sudden explosion of a bomb or other device.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines.

Examples

  • The engineers monitored the controlled detonation of the old building.

  • the detonation of gun cotton

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.

  2. Any sudden explosion made by an exothermic process (whether chemical or not) that produces a supersonic shock wave.

More examples

In context

  • a nuclear detonation

  • carbon detonation

Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The loud blank of the bomb could be heard miles away.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French détonation; equivalent to detonate + -ion.