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Detonative

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Adjective

1. detonative

exploding almost instantaneously

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Detonative

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noun
1. 
an explosion or the act of exploding
2. 
the spontaneous combustion in an internal-combustion engine of part of the mixture before it has been reached by the flame front, causing the engine to knock
3. physics
rapid combustion, esp that occurring within a shock wave

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