detonate

Example Sentences

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The brigade shared two video clips with Reuters showing its drones flying into what they said were Russian trenches before detonating.

From Reuters

A bomb detonates, shrouding the busy street in an envelope of smoke, and people run helter-skelter.

From BBC

“They would have never gone off. There was no chance they could have actually detonated. So they were inert devices. They just looked good.”

From Washington Times

The authorities have provided tight security to the pilgrimage since militants detonated a truck bomb at the synagogue in April 2002, killing 21 Western tourists in an attack for which Al Qaeda claimed responsibility.

From New York Times

The drone dropped back to earth — a nerve-racking moment, as the explosive was already triggered to detonate.

From New York Times