detonate

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

A mine detonated under the wheel on the passenger side where his driver Sasha Shubin, his "guardian angel for eight years," was sitting, he added.

From Reuters

The voice then told police they had 100 minutes to fulfill a “large bitcoin transaction,” and if he couldn’t confirm the transaction within that time, the bombs would be detonated.

From Washington Times

Security Council on Tuesday, “is lighting a fuse that could detonate across borders, causing immense suffering for years, and setting development back for decades.”

From Washington Post

There was also the thwarted 2009 terrorist attack in which a passenger on a flight to Detroit tried to detonate a bomb hidden in his underwear.

From Washington Post