detonate
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He said that while there is "little solid data" on the Hoveyzeh's warhead, it is thought to use a more "primitive" impact-fuzed high-explosive warhead, meaning it would detonate on or after hitting a target.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
If “One of Us” is an entertaining family saga of privilege and comeuppance, it is also a consummate novel of suspense in which revelations detonate with lethal accuracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
"We move carefully and extremely slowly so that the mine does not detonate," Vitalii says, describing the painstakingly slow process of demining.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
I regularly did more research on what type of mascara to buy than I did any online probing about this man for whom I was about to detonate my life.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025
Fortunately for Hanson the bomb failed to detonate.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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