Usage examples (28)

• Things do not get better by being left alone. Unless they are adjusted, they explode with a shattering detonation.
• Hoodathunk (sponsored by the FSM, Noodles for Freedom!) says: accidental detonation is about as likely as conservatives having an intelligent idea.
• ROBERTS: In other words, you get what's called detonation, which can destroy an engine.
• He thinks it was for the main detonation scene, where there’s a crowd of shoppers running down The Moor, and a nuke is exploded.