The word 'detonate' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the act of setting off an explosive. Example: The terrorist planted the bomb and detonated it when he felt there were enough people around.
Some had been discovered to have been in telephone contact with Hussain Osman, one of the men who attempted to detonate a series of bombs on London's transport network two weeks after the 7 July 2005 attacks.
Several close shaves since December include a bomb that failed to detonate near the British Airways check-in counter at Nairobi's main airport, ludicrously shrugged off by the interior minister as "an exploding light-bulb .This year has witnessed a sharp rise in violight-bulb .Thisadyear epidemic levels.
Other methods used to detonate IEDs and landmines, such as armoured machines that flail the ground or sift through it like a potato harvester, are less violent.
They can be heavy enough to detonate an anti-personnel mine.Sniffing safelyA clever way around that comes from MECHEM, a subsidiary of Denel, a South African defence contractor.
Deny, deflect, detonate ReprintsThe SNP has been on the up since it emerged as the largest party in the 2007 Scottish elections.
Some outside observers believe that North Korea's first experiment with mobile telephony came to a sudden end in 2004 because a mobile phone was used to detonate a huge bomb at a train station that nearly killed Kim Jong Il.Koryolink is a walled garden: users are not able to make or receive international calls, and there is no internet access.
Besides exculpating Turner, Mr Ramsey also exposes several persistent myths: there were no heavy munitions, no devastating second explosion (rifle rounds were found to burn harmlessly like fire-crackers, and not detonate), no Canadian troops and no British plot to sacrifice a ship to bring America to war.Diana Preston takes a more personal approach.
On July 5th, the Iraqi police said they had arrested two Iranians for trying to detonate a car bomb.
PETN is also not particularly easy to detonate.
Deny, deflect, detonate Reprints Related items Britain's economy: How bad is it?Sep 4th 2008 The economy: Home's where the hurt isSep 4th 2008 Bagehot: Deny, deflect, detonateSep 4th 2008Its woes are symptomatic of waxing disenchantment with London as a financial centre.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was overpowered by fellow passengers after he attempted to detonate explosives on the plane, causing a fire.
