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Discover Ludwig"were detonated" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is the simple past tense form of the verb "to detonate", which means to cause something to explode or burst. Example sentence: The explosives were detonated and the building was destroyed.
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Hours later two smaller devices were detonated.
The bombs were detonated in controlled explosions.
About 1,200 roadside bombs were detonated in August.
The villagers got out before the devices were detonated.
It is not known how the bombs were detonated.
Eight blasts were detonated in a charge hole drilled in the rock mass.
The next four car bombs were detonated about every 10 minutes, beginning at 11 a.m.
A modest decrease occurred in 2017, when 39 were seized and 21 were detonated.
When the soldiers approached, "she and the vehicle were detonated," said Brig.
It is believed the explosives were detonated at around 10pm local time.
As yet we do not know how the London bombs were detonated.
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