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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
backfire, bang, bark, blast, blowout, blowup, boom, bowshot, bullet, burst, cannon, crack, discharge, ejection, explosion, flare, flash, fulguration, fulmination, fusillade, gun, gunfire, gunshot, pop, potshot, report, salvo, shot, spray, stoneshot, tattoo, volley
Dictionary Results for detonation:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
detonation
    n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear
         reaction [syn: explosion, detonation, blowup]
    2: the act of detonating an explosive
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Detonation \Det`o*na"tion\ (d[e^]t`[-o]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf.
   F. d['e]tonation.]
   An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous
   decomposition or combustion of unstable substances; as, the
   detonation of gun cotton.
   [1913 Webster]
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