detonar
Translation
v.
› (hacer explotar)
⇨ to detonate
Un terrorista detonó el artefacto A terrorist detonated the device
› (explosionar)
⇨ to go off
Cuando la bomba detonó, no había nadie cerca When the bomb went off, there was nobody nearby
(Definition of detonar v. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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