detonate
Example Sentences
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“Oil spikes don’t cause recessions alone — they detonate existing fragilities,” the Rapidan team said.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 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
Proximity fuses are designed to detonate in the air when they are a certain distance from a target, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
With a range of 3 miles, the Nimbrix missile has a warhead that can detonate in the air to target swarms of drones at a relatively low cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
After lowering a torpedo filled with nitroglycerin into the belly of the earth, the muddied workers would detonate it, occasionally turning up a fragment of an ancient American Indian spear or an arrowhead.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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