detonate

Example Sentences

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Ten years ago, two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring nearly 300.

From Washington Times

Tezka was tinkering with so-called kamikaze drones that fly into their target and detonate, like the Iranian drones Russia has deployed to devastating effect in Ukraine.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Once, standing on Highway 1 south of Monterey, Paul handed me the classic City Lights pocket book, Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl and Other Poems,” which immediately detonated all my ideas of literature.

From Los Angeles Times

Witnesses said men in plain clothes then placed explosives on Mr Bustíos and detonated them, killing him instantly.

From BBC