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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined

“a king's accession to a confederacy”

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Dictionary Entry

detonating

Part of Speechverb

To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.

Origin

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Common Phrases

cord detonatinggas detonatingfuse detonating. detonatingpowder detonatingdevice detonatingdetonating without
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Synonyms

blastdischargefulminateexplosiveburstingexploding

Antonyms

deflagrate

Related Words

blastingblowingbombingboostercord

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