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Detonation

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Noun

1. blowup, detonation, explosion

a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

2. detonation

the act of detonating an explosive

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Detonation

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noun
1. 
an explosion or the act of exploding
2. 
the spontaneous combustion in an internal-combustion engine of part of the mixture before it has been reached by the flame front, causing the engine to knock
3. physics
rapid combustion, esp that occurring within a shock wave

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Detonation

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n.
1. The act of exploding.
2. An explosion.

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