Detonated

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detonate \Det"o*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Detonated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Detonating}.] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down;
     de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See {Thunder},
     and cf. {Detonize}.]
     To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with
     sulphur.


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