English-German translation for "detonate"

"detonate" German translation

detonate
[ˈdetoneit; -tə-]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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detonieren lassen, zur Detonation bringen
detonate
[ˈdetoneit; -tə-]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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detonieren, explodieren
Glücklicherweise sind die meisten nicht detoniert.
Thankfully, most of these have failed to detonate.
Source: Europarl
Dann bringt man ihn dorthin, wo man ihn haben will und lässt ihn explodieren.
You take it wherever you want to take it, and you can detonate it.
Source: TED
Die Polizei fasste den Selbstmordattentäter, bevor er seine Bombe zünden konnte.
The police caught the suicide bomber before he could detonate his bomb.
Source: Tatoeba
In drei Bussen und an vier U-Bahn-Stationen hat es Explosionen gegeben.
Explosions have been detonated on three buses and at four tube stations.
Source: Europarl
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