Definitions For Detonate

verb

  • Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
  • Cause to burst with a violent release of energy
  • To explode or to cause (something, such as a bomb) to explode

Is Detonates a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Detonate is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Detonate in a Sentence

  • The first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.
  • The bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions

Synonyms for Detonate

Antonyms for Detonates

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