detonar — meaning in English

English meaning

• blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
• destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
• detonate verb To explode, or to make something explode.
• murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.

Senses

detonar is used for these senses in English:

• blow (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
• detonate (transitive) To cause to explode.
• murder (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To defeat decisively.

blow — full definition

1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
4. noun A hard hit or strike.
5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

destroy — full definition

1. verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
2. verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
3. verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.

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