detonate
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But it was also a sign of an explosive problem for the industry that was about to detonate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Their explosive payloads did not detonate, and it’s entirely possible they were never meant to.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
"Pulling real users into generated photos without explicit consent is a privacy landmine waiting to detonate," one user wrote on X, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
An attempt to detonate or diffuse the bomb failed, so Officer Brian Murray and three others were lowered into the crater.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Is it possible for a human head to detonate?
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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She’s known for a soft, whispery vocal tone that occasionally detonates into a scream—here, it’s robotized via vocoder to suggest coldness and distance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
When a nuclear weapon detonates or a serious reactor accident occurs, an immense burst of energy is released in less than a millionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026
If Wilder detonates early and finishes Herndon quicker than Torrez did, expect someone somewhere to shout: "He's back!"
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
He detonates narrative warfare wherever he goes, so it’s difficult to decipher what is planted to create spectacle to feed the mangy cult and what is a true trash fire of a human.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
Halftime Right after you glance at April waving from the bleachers, your stomach detonates: KABOOM! and you lose it right there behind the bench in Pernell’s gym bag.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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When munitions are detonated underwater, the blast can spread contaminants through the surrounding environment.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The defense ministry said no military weapons had been detonated.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Video footage on social media showed large secondary explosions, suggesting stored ammunition was detonated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Councillor Sally Haydon, cabinet member for community safety, said 450 tonnes of sand had been transported to the site to place around the bomb before it was detonated.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Indeed it was seeing her in Shakespeare’s play at the Paris Odeon that detonated the infatuation in the first place.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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"It depends on the area where the wreck and munitions lie. Currents and seabed morphology play a major role. In some cases, detonating them can do more harm than good," she explains.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The drone, designed by Perennial Autonomy, a company backed by former Google CEO and billionaire Eric Schmidt using Ukrainian engineers, destroys other drones by detonating close by and has proven popular in Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
If your goal is to save money on taxes, detonating the tax torpedo is not ideal.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Each round is about 2 feet long and essentially a very big bullet, made of up a detonating fuse, projectile, propellant and primer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
And as for all that talk of detonating his arrows by hand, he’ll never get the chance.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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