detonate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
We exploded the nuclear bomb
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
- fulminate hyponym
- dynamite hyponym
Related & opposite
- detonate causes
- burst derivation
- detonation derivation
- detonator derivation
- explosion derivation
- detonative derivation
Sense 2 verb
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
the bomb detonated at noon
Related & opposite
- explosion derivation
- detonative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | detonate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | burst |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explosion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fulminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dynamite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | explosion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonative |