English to Shona Meaning of detonation - detonation

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Definitions of detonation in English

Noun(1) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction(2) the act of detonating an explosive

Examples of detonation in English

(1) There's a researcher out there - I used him a great deal for this piece and I'm using him some more, he knows at least five of the people who were involved in the making of the bomb and its detonation .(2) It contained 300 kg of explosive and the detonation was twice as loud as that of the SS - 23 missile, according to Colonel Nikolai Vulkov, head of the demolition team.(3) Many atomic scientists gathered there between 1942 and the first detonation of an atomic bomb on 16 July 1945.(4) By the end of the vignette, when the bombs are placed and we are waiting for detonation , the tension is almost unbearable.(5) And just very late in the afternoon, just before sunset, there was a loud detonation not far from this hotel.(6) natural gas's high resistance to detonation(7) I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing.(8) A 14-year-old boy, Husam Abdu, trying to cross the Hawarah checkpoint near Nablus, was found to be wearing a vest filled with explosives ready for detonation .(9) The subsequent detonation of a nuclear device in 1974 was testament to the strengthening of India's nuclear options.(10) He crouched next to the bomb - which displayed seven minutes until detonation - and defused it.(11) This results in high pressure at the point of detonation , leading to the acceleration of gas molecules away from the explosion, a so called blast wind, the leading edge of which is the shock front.(12) If PRISM could move the spark, control when peak pressures occurred and prevent detonation from progressing to pre-ignition, perhaps it could also handle lower-octane fuels.(13) The detonation of a nuclear bomb over a target such as a populated city causes immense damage.(14) Made in the 1952 detonation of the first thermonuclear bomb, the element fermium has since sat in a corner of the periodic table where few tools of chemistry reach.(15) They somehow got a direct hit on one of our explosive dumps which exploded with a detonation louder than anything I ever heard.(16) He mentions the atomic bomb detonation in Japan, which seems later to have saved their lives by ending the war at last.

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Synonyms

Noun

1. explosion ::

kuputika

2. discharge ::

kubuditsa

4. ignition ::

kuvesa

5. blast ::

Kurira

6. bang ::

Bang

7. report ::

ripoti

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