Detonated

det;o;nate pronunciation: function: verb inflected form(s): det;o;nat;ed; det;o;nat;ingetymology: french détoner to explode, from latin detonare to expend thunder, from de- + tonare to thunder — more at thunderdate: 1729intransitive verb : to explode with sudden violencetransitive verb 1 : to cause to detonate lt;detonate a bombgt; — compare deflagrate2 : to set off in a burst of activity : spark lt;programs that detonated controversiesgt;— det;o;nat;able adjective — det;o;na;tive adjective