Thesaurus / detonation
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
At the same instant a detonation was heard, and a bullet cut away a branch just over the Chiefs head.
THE BORDER RIFLESGUSTAVE AIMARD
Two minutes afterwards the ship blew up with a glorious detonation.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, VOLUME XXIROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
The word explosion is always used concretely (an explosion, or a detonation as chemists commonly call it).
CONVERSATIONS ON CHEMISTRY, V. 1-2JANE MARCET
For a long time the detonation of the artillery and the rattle of musketry continued unabated.
There was a flare of colored lights, a deafening detonation—and he felt himself knocked breathless against a wall.
THE 4-D DOODLERGRAPH WALDEYER
Shagarach started to raise her, but the terrible detonation of a pistol rung out, sacrilegiously invading their quietude.
THE INCENDIARYW. A. (WILLIAM AUGUSTINE) LEAHY
It did not seem reasonable that if the monsters possessed a detonation beam that they'd turn it on their own confederates.
OPERATION TERRORWILLIAM FITZGERALD JENKINS
To contrive it, a man would have to know how the detonation field worked and how far it extended.
OPERATION TERRORWILLIAM FITZGERALD JENKINS
At length there was a loud detonation, and a column of dirt and smoke in the garden next below us.
THE INVASIONWILLIAM LE QUEUX
As I emerged from the archway of the hotel I distinctly heard a second detonation from the same direction.
THE INVASIONWILLIAM LE QUEUX
WORDS RELATED TO DETONATION
- babble
- babel
- bang
- bedlam
- bellow
- blare
- blast
- boisterousness
- boom
- buzz
- cacophony
- caterwauling
- clamor
- clang
- clatter
- commotion
- crash
- cry
- detonation
- din
- discord
- disquiet
- disquietude
- drumming
- eruption
- explosion
- fanfare
- fireworks
- fracas
- fuss
- hoo-ha
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- jangle
- lamentation
- outcry
- pandemonium
- peal
- racket
- ring
- roar
- row
- shot
- shouting
- sonance
- squawk
- stridency
- talk
- thud
- tumult
- turbulence
- uproar
- uproariousness
- yelling
- yelp
- babble
- babel
- bang
- bedlam
- bellow
- blare
- blast
- boisterousness
- boom
- buzz
- cacophony
- caterwauling
- clamor
- clang
- clatter
- commotion
- crash
- cry
- detonation
- din
- discord
- disquiet
- disquietude
- drumming
- eruption
- explosion
- fanfare
- fireworks
- fracas
- fuss
- hoo-ha
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- jangle
- lamentation
- outcry
- pandemonium
- peal
- racket
- ring
- roar
- row
- shot
- shouting
- sonance
- squawk
- stridency
- talk
- thud
- tumult
- turbulence
- uproar
- uproariousness
- yelling
- yelp
- beginning
- blowup
- brawl
- break
- breaking
- burst
- bursting
- commencement
- commotion
- convulsion
- crack
- crash
- dawn
- detonation
- discharge
- disorder
- disruption
- ebullition
- effervescence
- epidemic
- eruption
- explosion
- fit
- flare-up
- flash
- fury
- gush
- gushing
- insurrection
- irruption
- mutiny
- onset
- outburst
- outpouring
- paroxysm
- plague
- rebellion
- rending
- revolution
- roar
- sally
- sortie
- spasm
- spurt
- storm
- surge
- thunder
- tumult
- uprising
- volley
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