DETONATION in a Sentence

Learn DETONATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for DETONATION, such as:

1. The detonation makes one sneeze.
2. A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.
3. The detonation of the bomb could be heard miles away.
4. France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
5. The detonation rolled from echo to echo in the crypt, like the rumbling of that titanic entrail.

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 Meanings and Examples of DETONATION
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detonation
 n.  explosion; violent release of energy caused by chemical or nuclear reaction
Classic Sentence:
1  The detonation makes one sneeze.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
2  A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
3  The detonation rolled from echo to echo in the crypt, like the rumbling of that titanic entrail.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
4  It was time; for they had scarcely sailed half a league, when d'Artagnan saw a flash and heard a detonation.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 20 THE JOURNEY
5  A heavy and dull detonation shook the ground, a puff of smoke came out of the cliff, and that was all.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
6  Again all was silent and then again it sounded as if someone were walking on detonators and exploding them.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence:
1  The detonation of the bomb could be heard miles away.
2  He is accused of trying to detonate a crude gasoline-and-propane bomb inside an SUV.
3  France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.