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detonate

English

  1. 🔊 burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
    “the bomb detonated at noon”
  2. 🔊 cause to burst with a violent release of energy
    “We exploded the nuclear bomb”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 detonar to detonate, trigger (catalyze)

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