Sentence examples for the detonated from inspiring English sources
verb
To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
Black soot from the detonated Black Hawk charred the wall of the animal pen.
Some noted the detonated double decker bus bore an uncomfortable resemblance to the number 30 bus, which was destroyed by a suicide bomber in Tavistock Square on 7 July 2005, killing 13 passengers plus the 18-year-old bomber, Hasib Hussain.
The detonating event appears to have been a fight instigated by a perceived insult.
Moments later, the driver detonated the explosives in the car.
The Americans detonated the first deliverable form of the H-bomb on Bikini atoll 50 years ago this month.
The bomb detonated the magazines, causing a massive explosion that destroyed the ship with heavy casualties.
The bomber detonated the vest shortly after he was denied entry into the stadium.
The attackers detonated the second as passers-by rushed to help those injured in the first.
Two tanks passed before the fighters detonated the bomb.
While attempting to back away from security, the attacker detonated the vest.
After pulling up directly beneath Vieira de Mello's office, the driver detonated the bomb.
