DETONATIONS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

detonations

noun

plural of detonation

as in explosions

the act or an instance of exploding there was a series of detonations around the base of the condemned building, causing it to come crashing down in a matter of minutes

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Recent Examples of detonations His public address envisioned a future filled with waves of nuclear arms buildups and test detonations. — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026 Ukrainian officials said powerful explosions and secondary detonations were recorded at the site, while the extent of damage was still being assessed. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026 Others were instant detonations. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026 Slow and steady The most successful transformations look less like detonations and more like construction projects—unglamorous, incremental, and mapped out well in advance. — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 12 June 2026 Given the prospect of nuclear war, humanity’s arsenal could indeed wipe out every living human on Earth from detonations and the ensuing fallout. — Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026 Only when more members and influential insiders demand better of one another as a matter of course, before things go sideways, will there be fewer political self-detonations and shattered lives. — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026 Remote detonations are also used to trigger slides intentionally and remove risky buildup before skiers are allowed on the slopes, said Chris Lundy, an avalanche specialist with the National Avalanche Center. — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026 Meanwhile, sailors aboard USS Barb reported hearing distant explosions and depth-charge detonations during the same period, believing they may have been associated with an attack on Herring. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026

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Noun

Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv, a Reuters witness said.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Instead of focusing narrowly on one object at a time, the observatory will sweep across huge areas of sky, building an archive of stars, galaxies, asteroids and cosmic explosions.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of explosions

Noun

Several of these eruptions were accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that appear to be at least partially Earth-directed.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 July 2026
The most powerful solar flares are X-class solar flares, and forecasters at NOAA observed one of these eruptions on Tuesday.

— Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of eruptions

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