Example Sentences

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The Barbie industrial complex has detonated, coating the planet in pink, sparkly fallout.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

Others believe it needs to showcase a tactical, battlefield nuclear device, rather than the strategic, large-yield warheads it has detonated thus far.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2023

A World War Two bomb found in Great Yarmouth has detonated while work was being done to defuse it, police have confirmed.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2023

The decision has detonated a storm on social media.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2022

None of the devices has detonated, and no injuries have been reported.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2018