Crossword-Solution: DETONATION
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Detonation | n. | An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DETONATION | anagram | DENOTATION |
We have 16 clues for the answer “DETONATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Loud report | 2 answers |
| CROSSFIRE | 9 answers |
| gunfire | 19 answers |
| Shots | 22 answers |
| fusillade | 26 answers |
| Firing | 26 answers |
| Volley | 26 answers |
| Shooting ___ | 28 answers |
| bombardment | 29 answers |
| Explosion | 31 answers |
| Salvo | 31 answers |
| BOOM | 42 answers |
| Burst | 53 answers |
| BLAST ___ | 58 answers |
| Bang | 59 answers |
| Outburst | 73 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DETONATION (5)
About six in the evening, as I sat at tea with my wife in the summerhouse talking vigorously about the battle that was lowering upon us, I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing.
Chase, a math wizard according to his high school officials, released the Worm into Internet in early August with a detonation date of September 1, which brought thousands of computers to a grinding halt.
The detonation of the thunder and the glare of lightning through an occasional rift in the vaporous wall proclaimed the continued fury of the tempest upon the surface of the sea; but we, far above it all, rode in comparative ease upon the upper gale.
The early hours will allow visitors to be on-site at 5:29:45 a.m., the time the Trinity Site detonation occurred, and should help visitors avoid the 100-plus degree afternoon temperatures common here in July.
Then, with a great bizarre shuffling noise, as if the boilers had broken through the bulkheads, and with a faint muffled detonation, where the ship had been there appeared for a moment something standing upright and narrow, like a rock out of the sea.
Quotes with DETONATION (3)
Women’s imagination — unlike men’s, I would argue — does not always need the erotic equivalent of Semtex to ensure detonation.
Millennials: We lost the genetic lottery. We graduated high school into terrorist attacks and wars. We graduated college into a recession and mounds of debt. We will never acquire the financial cushion, employment stability, and material possessions of our parents. We are often more educated, experienced, informed, and digitally fluent than prior generations, yet are constantly haunted by the trauma of coming of age during the detonation of the societal structure we were born…
He parked the car, pressed the button for the roof to fold back, and undid his seat belt. "It's an emergency." Goldilocks giggled. She unfastened her belt and hopped onto her knees. "Yes, I can see" - she glanced down at his crotch - "That we're in danger of a detonation. What's the protocol in a situation like this, Mr. Environmentalist?""I'm afraid I have no choice but to advocate for release.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1990).