English → Latin
“detonate” in Latin
crepōto rattle, rustle, clatter; to crack, creak; to prattle, talk noisilycrepitōto rattle, clatter, crackle, etc.; to chatter, mumbleexsiliōto spring, bound, leap or start out, up or forthdissiliōto burst asunder, fly apart; To leapdētonōto cease thundering, raging; to thunder down/forthintonōto thunder (make a thunderous noise)
The English word detonate itself goes back to Latin tonō, through dētonātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
detonate
INTRANS., crepare or crepitare (to make a loud noise): exsilire (to leap forth; to explode; e.g., flos salis in igne nec crepitat, nec exsilit): fit fragor ab aliqua re (Ov.): dissilire (of what bursts in exploding): sonitu fragorem dare (after procella: perterricrepo sonitu dat missa fragorem, Lucr.): cf., Detonare and intonare do not answer to our “detonate.”
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for detonate?
- The usual Latin words for “detonate” are crepō, crepitō, exsiliō; also dissiliō, dētonō, intonō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.