Meanings
nounsympathetic detonation (plural sympathetic detonations)
plural sympathetic detonations
- especiallygovernmentDetonation of an explosive triggered by the explosion of another quantity of explosive adjacent to it.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 殉爆, 誘爆 /诱爆
- 殉爆 (xùnbào)detonation
- 誘爆 /诱爆detonation
- 引爆 (yòubào)detonation
- 交感的爆轟作用 /交感的爆轰作用 (jiāogǎndebàohōngzuòyòng)detonation
Japanese 誘爆
- 誘爆 (yūbaku)detonation
Spanish detonación simpática
- detonación simpáticadetonation
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Chicago
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