detonate
verb (used without object)
to explode with suddenness and violence.
have detonated
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present perfectof detonate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"This time they appear to have detonated the first stage propellant in mid-air," Byun Yong-Ik, an astronomy professor at Yonsei University, told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2023
It would be the North’s seventh since 2006 and the first since September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear bomb to fit on its intercontinental ballistic missiles.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
The North’s next nuclear test would be its seventh since 2006 and the first since September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear bomb to fit on its ICBMs.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
Wray declined to say whether the pipe-bomb devices could have detonated, noting that investigators are “still trying to determine whether or not they were functional.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2018
The shock from the depth-charge—which appears to have detonated just about right to have the maximum effect—was terrific.
From Sea-Hounds by Lewis R. Freeman
