detonate
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Alternatively, specialized ships or aircraft mimic the magnetic fields, pressure or noise created by a passing ship to detonate the mines before they can do any harm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
"There was a fake grenade they'd take with them onto target, it couldn't detonate," said a former SAS operator.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
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
Because of their small size, the rats are not heavy enough to detonate the mines.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
Fortunately for Hanson the bomb failed to detonate.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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