Synonyms for detonate
Definitions
- v. 1
To express sudden anger.
Related words
- Word family
- detcord detonatable detonation detonator
- Is a kind of
- combust
Forms
- Past participle
- detonated
e.g. detonated → thundered, fulminated, exploded, blasted…
Example sentences
- fulminate Why fulminate: it only makes us waste our energy!
- blast News of the recent blast is all over the radio.
- trigger The man plucked up courage and pulled the trigger.
- explode We are sitting on a powder keg waiting to explode.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| detonate | rising | |
| fulminate | falling | |
| blast | steady | |
| trigger | rising | |
| explode | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pop1
- 5 letters
- blast1
- 7 letters
- trigger2, thunder2, explode2
- 8 letters
- detonize
- 9 letters
- fulminate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trigger2 = 2 syllables).