detonate
verb (used without object)
to explode with suddenness and violence.
undetonated
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a word derived from
detonate.
Example Sentences
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More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the Russian city of Belgorod after an undetonated explosive was found.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023
Did you know, for example, that an undetonated nuclear bomb is buried somewhere in the farmland around Goldsboro, North Carolina?
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2023
Venediktova also showed The Post photos of undetonated cluster bombs she said were collected in Kherson — munitions banned by more than 100 countries in 2010.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
Agents and other public safety personnel scoured the neighborhood for any explosives that may have been left undetonated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
It was exceedingly fortunate for the inhabitants of the French village that the bombs remained undetonated.
From Night Bombing with the Bedouins by Robert Henry Reece
