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Detonation vs Crashing - What's the difference?

detonation | crashing | Related terms |

Detonation is a related term of crashing.


As nouns the difference between detonation and crashing

is that detonation is detonation while crashing is the sound or action of something that crashes.

As a verb crashing is

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detonation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances as, the detonation of gun cotton. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
  • Engine knocking, an improper combustion in internal combustion engines

    • Related terms

    * detonate * detonator

    Antonyms

    * (with respect to speed of propagation ): deflagration

    Hypernyms

    * combustion

    Anagrams

    * * English words suffixed with -ation

    crashing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound or action of something that crashes.
    • the ceaseless crashings of waves on the beach

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