Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 40
Deterge (v. t.) 擦淨，洗淨（傷口等） To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.
Deterge (v.) Wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; "This drug is powerful enough to deterge."
Detergency (n.) A cleansing quality or power. -- De Foe.
Detergency (n.) Detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power [syn: detergency, detergence].
Detergent (a.) Cleansing; purging.
Detergent (n.) A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.
Detergent (a.) Having cleansing power [syn: detergent, detersive].
Detergent (n.) A surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering.
Detergent (n.) A cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension.
Detergent (n.) [ C or U ] 洗衣粉；洗衣液；清潔劑 A chemical substance in the form of a powder or a liquid for removing dirt from clothes, dishes, etc.
Deteriorated (imp. & p. p.) of Deteriorate.
Deteriorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deteriorate.
Deteriorate (v. t.) 使惡化；使下降；使退化；使墮落 To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. -- Whately.
The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. -- Southey.
Deteriorate (v. i.) 惡化；品質（或價值）下降；退化；墮落 To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. -- Goldsmith.
Deteriorate (v.) Become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated."
Deteriorate (v.) Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate].
Deteriorate (v.) [ I ] (C1) 惡化，變壞 To become worse. (Ant. Ameliorate)
// She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly deteriorated.
// The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.
Compare: Ameliorate
Ameliorate (v.) [With object] ] [Formal] (v. i.) (v. t.) 改善；改良 Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
‘The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.’
Deterioration (n.) 惡化，降低，退化 The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
Deterioration (n.) A symptom of reduced quality or strength [syn: {deterioration}, {impairment}].
Deterioration (n.) Process of changing to an inferior state [syn: {deterioration}, {decline in quality}, {declension}, {worsening}].
Deterioration (n.) [ C or U ] 惡化，變壞；退化；墮落 [U] The process or fact of becoming worse.
// We cannot allow continued deterioration of our production standards.
// A deterioration in retail sales in the second quarter has resulted in a poor forecast.
Deteriority (n.) Worse state or quality; inferiority. "The deteriority of the diet." [R.] -- Ray.
Deteriority (n.) [Formal] The quality of being inferior or worse.
Compare: Inferiority
Inferiority (n.) [Mass noun] 劣勢，劣等；下等；次級 [U]；自卑情緒，自卑感 [C] [U] The condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others.
‘They were exiled or degraded to a position of inferiority.’
‘His sense of failure adds to his feelings of inferiority.’
Compare: Inferior
Inferior (a.) [Z] （地位等）低等的；下級的；低於……的 [（+to）]；（品質等）次的；較差的；次於……的 [（+to）]；（位置）下方的 Lower in rank, status, or quality.
‘Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country.’
Inferior (a.) Of low standard or quality.
‘Inferior goods.’
Inferior (a.) [Law] (Of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
Inferior (a.) [Economics] Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
Inferior (a.) [Anatomy] Low or lower in position.
‘Ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum.’
Inferior (a.) [Botany] (Of the ovary of a flower) Situated below the sepals and enclosed in the receptacle.
Inferior (a.) [Printing] (Of a letter, figure, or symbol) Written or printed below the line.
Inferior (n.) [C] （地位等）低於他人者；部下，屬下；次品 A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
‘Her social and intellectual inferiors.’
Inferior (n.) [Printing] An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
Determent (n.) The act of deterring; also, that which deters. -- Boyle.
Determent (n.) A communication that makes you afraid to try something [syn: determent, deterrence, intimidation].
Determinability (n.) 可確定性 The quality of being determinable; determinableness. -- Coleridge.
Determinable (a.) 可決定的 Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion.
Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. -- South.
Determinable (a.) Capable of being determined or limited or fixed; "determinable velocities"; "matters determinable by law" [ant: {indeterminable}, {undeterminable}].
Determinable (a.) What may come to an end, by the happening of a contingency; as a determinable fee. See 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1695.
Determinableness (n.) 可確定性 Capability of being determined; determinability.
Determinacy (n.) 確定性 Determinateness. [R.]
Determinant (a.) 決定的 Serving to determine or limit; determinative.
Determinant (n.) 決定因素；【數】行列式 That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.
Determinant (n.) (Math.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws.
Note: thus, the determinant of the nine numbers a, b, c,a', b', c',a'', b'', c'', is a b' c'' - a b'' c' + a' b'' c] - a' b c'' + a'' b' c. The determinant is written by placing the numbers from which it is formed in a square between two vertical lines. The theory of determinants forms a very important branch of modern mathematics.
Determinant (n.) (Logic) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise. -- Abp. Thomson.
Determinant (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: {deciding(a)}, {determinant}, {determinative}, {determining(a)}].
Determinant (n.) A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: {determinant}, {determiner}, {determinative}, {determining factor}, {causal factor}].
Determinant (n.) The site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself [syn: {antigenic determinant}, {determinant}, {epitope}].
Determinant (n.) A square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations.
Determinate (a.) 確定的；有限的；【數】確定數的 Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.
Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. -- Dryden.
Determinate (a.) Conclusive; decisive; positive.
The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. -- Acts ii. 23.
Determinate (a.) Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]
My determinate voyage. -- Shak.
Determinate (a.) Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]
More determinate to do than skillful how to do. -- Sir P. Sidney.
{Determinate inflorescence} (Bot.), That in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called {centrifugal inflorescence}.
{Determinate problem} (Math.), A problem which admits of a limited number of solutions.
{Determinate quantities}, {Determinate equations} (Math.), Those that are finite in the number of values or solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem or equation determine the number.
Determinate (v. t.) To bring to an end; to determine. See {Determine}. [Obs.]
The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile. -- Shak.
Determinate (a.) Precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause; "a determinate distance"; "a determinate number"; "determinate variations in animals" [ant: {indeterminate}, {undetermined}].
Determinate (a.) Not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex; "determinate growth" [ant: {indeterminate}].
Determinate (a.) Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" [syn: {definitive}, {determinate}].
Determinate, () That which is ascertained; what is particularly designated; as, if I sell you my horse Napoleon, the article sold is here determined. This is very different from a contract by which I would have sold you a horse, without a particular designation of any horse. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 947, 950.
Determinately (adv.) 確定地；有限花序地 In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.
The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them. -- Tillotson.
Determinately (adv.) Resolutely; unchangeably.
Being determinately . . . bent to marry. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Determinateness (n.) 確定；堅決 State of being determinate.
Determinateness (n.) The quality of being predictable with great confidence [syn: {determinateness}, {definiteness}].
Determination (n.) [U] 決心；決定，確定，限定 The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
Determination (n.) Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
A speedy determination of that war. -- Ludlow.
Determination (n.) Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
Remissness can by no means consist with a constant determination of the will . . . to the greatest apparent good. -- Locke.
Determination (n.) The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. -- Emerson.
Determination (n.) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
Determination (n.) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
So bloodthirsty a determination to obtain convictions. -- Hallam.
Determination (n.) (Med.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.
Determination (n.) (Physical Sciences) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.
Determination (n.) (Logic) The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
Determination (n.) (Logic) The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
Determination (n.) (Nat. Hist.) The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells.
Syn: Decision; conclusion; judgment; purpose; resolution; resolve; firmness. See Decision.
Determination (n.) The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" [syn: determination, finding].
Determination (n.) The quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose" [syn: determination, purpose].
Determination (n.) A position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion].
Determination (n.) Deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature; "the determination of grammatical inflections."
Determination (n.) The act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" [syn: decision, determination, conclusion].
Determination. () The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority; as, the determination of a lease. 1 Com. Dig. Estates by Grant, G 10, 11, and 12.. The determination of an authority is the end of the authority given; the end of the return day of a writ determines the authority of the sheriff; the death of the principal determines the authority of a mere attorney. By determination is also understood the decision or judgment of a court of justice.
Determination (n.) (Trying hard) (B2) [ U ] 決心，毅力 The ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult.
// A man of fierce/ ruthless determination.
Determination (n.) (Trying hard) [ + to infinitive ] You can't help but admire her determination to succeed.
See also Self-determination
Self-determination (n.) [U] The ability or power to make decisions for yourself, especially the power of a nation to decide how it will be governed.
Compare: Self-rule
Self-rule, (n.) [U] The act of a country, a part of a country, or a nation choosing its own government and controlling its own activites.
Compare: Self-government
Self-government, (n.) [U] The control of a country or an area by the people living there, or the control of an organization by a group of people independent of central or local government.
// The poll showed the 80 percent of the population of the region supported self-govermnent.
Self-determination (n.) Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
Self-determination (n.) Government of a political unit by its own people [syn: self-government, self-determination, self-rule].
Self-determination (n.) Determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion.
Self-determination (n.) [ U ] （尤指國家治理方式的）自決，自主 The ability or power to make decisions for yourself, especially the power of a nation to decide how it will be governed.
Determinative (a.) Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
Incidents . . . determinative of their course. -- I. Taylor.
Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), Tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.
Determinative (n.) That which serves to determine.
Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. -- I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Determinative (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle" [syn: deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)].
Determinative (n.) One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases [syn: determiner, determinative].
Determinative (n.) A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor].
Determinator (n.) [L.] One who determines. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Determined (imp. & p. p.) of Determine.
Determining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Determine.
Determine (v. t.) 決定 [+to-v] [+（that）]；使決定，使下決心 [H] [O2 ] To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
[God] hath determined the times before appointed. -- Acts xvii. 26.
Determine (v. t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. -- Bacon.
Now, where is he that will not stay so long Till his friend sickness hath determined me? -- Shak.
Determine (v. t.) To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. -- J. Edwards.
Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life. -- W. Black.
Determine (v. t.) To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.
Determine (v. t.) To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.
Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.
Determine (v. t.) To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.
Determine (v. t.) (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
Determine (v. t.) (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.
Determine (v. i.) 決定 [（+on）]；【律】終止；判決 To come to an end; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. -- South.
Estates may determine on future contingencies. -- Blackstone.
Determine (v. i.) To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on. "Determine on some course." -- Shak.
He shall pay as the judges determine. -- Ex. xxi. 22.
Determine (v.) Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" [syn: {determine}, {find}, {find out}, {ascertain}].
Determine (v.) Shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: {determine}, {shape}, {mold}, {influence}, {regulate}].
Determine (v.) Fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn: {determine}, {set}].
Determine (v.) Decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: {specify}, {set}, {determine}, {define}, {fix}, {limit}].
Determine (v.) Reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn: {decide}, {make up one's mind}, {determine}].
Determine (v.) Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property."
Determine (v.) Settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" [syn: {settle}, {square off}, {square up}, {determine}].
Determine (v.) Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: {determine}, {check}, {find out}, {see}, {ascertain}, {watch}, {learn}].
Determined (a.) Decided; resolute. "Adetermined foe." -- Sparks.
Determined (a.) Characterized by great determination; "a struggle against a determined enemy."
Determined (a.) Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation [ant: undetermined].
Determined (a.) Devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters."
Determined (a.) Determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn: determined, dictated, set].
Determined (a.) Strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive, determined, driven].
Determinedly (adv.) In a determined manner; with determination.
Determinedly (adv.) With determination; in a determined manner; "he clung to the past determinedly" [syn: determinedly, unfalteringly, unshakably].
Determinedly (adv.) With ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner; "she pursued her goals ambitiously" [syn: ambitiously, determinedly] [ant: unambitiously].
Determiner (n.) One who, or that which, determines or decides.
Determiner (n.) An argument that is conclusive [syn: clincher, determiner, determining factor].
Determiner (n.) One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases [syn: determiner, determinative].
Determiner (n.) A determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn: determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor].
Determinism (n.) (Metaph.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives , preceding events, and natural laws.
Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious. -- F. P. Cobbe.
Determinism (n.) (Philosophy) A philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will.
Determinist (n.) (Metaph.) One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.
Determinist (n.) Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny [syn: fatalist, determinist,
predestinarian, predestinationist].
Deterrability (n.) The quality of being deterrable.
Deterrable (a.) Able to be deterred.
Deterration (n.) The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. -- Woodward.
Deterrence (n.) 挽留的事物，妨礙物 That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance. [R.]
Deterrence (n.) A negative motivational influence [syn: {disincentive}, {deterrence}] [ant: {incentive}, {inducement}, {motivator}].
Deterrence (n.) A communication that makes you afraid to try something [syn: {determent}, {deterrence}, {intimidation}].
Deterrence (n.) The act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety.
Deterrent (a.) 威懾的；遏制的 Serving to deter. "The deterrent principle." -- E. Davis.
Deterrent (n.) 威懾力量；制止物 That which deters or prevents.
Deterrent (a.) Tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices."
Deterrent (n.) Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent,
impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap].
Detersion (n.) [醫] (創口的) 洗凈；[技] 去污，脫垢 The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.
Detersive (a.) 洗滌的 Cleansing; detergent.
Detersive (n.) 清潔劑 A cleansing agent; a detergent.
Detersive (a.) Having cleansing power [syn: detergent, detersive].
Detersively (adv.) In a way to cleanse.
Detersiveness (n.) The quality of cleansing.
Detested (imp. & p. p.) of Detest.
Detesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detest.
Detest (v. t.) 厭惡，憎恨 To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]
The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. -- Fuller.
God hath detested them with his own mouth. -- Bale.
Detest (v. t.) To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.
Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell. -- Pope.
Syn: To abhor; abominate; execrate. See Hate.
Detest (v.) Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" [syn: {hate}, {detest}] [ant: {love}].
Detestability (n.) Capacity of being odious. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Detestable (a.) Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. -- Ezek. v. 11.
Syn: Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.
Detestable (a.) Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive].
Detestable (a.) Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern" -- Edmund Burke [syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious].
Detestableness (n.) The quality or state of being detestable.
Detestably (adv.) In a detestable manner.
Detestably (adv.) In an offensive and hateful manner; "I don't know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" [syn: detestably, repulsively, abominably, odiously].
Detestate (v. t.) To detest. [Obs.] -- Udall.
Detestation (n.) The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing.
We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. -- Burke.
Detester (n.) One who detests.
Dethroned (imp. & p. p.) of Dethrone.
Dethroning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dethrone.
Dethrone (v. t.) To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. "The Protector was dethroned." -- Hume.
Dethronement (n.) Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.
Dethroner (n.) One who dethrones.
Dethronization (n.) Dethronement. [Obs.] -- Speed.
Dethronize (v. t.) To dethrone or unthrone. [Obs.] -- Cotgrave.
Detinue (n.) A person or thing detained ; (Law) A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained.
Writ of detinue (Law), One that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or chattels delivered to him, or in possession, to recover the thing itself, or its value and damages, from the detainer. It is now in a great measure superseded by other remedies.
Detonated (imp. & p. p.) of Detonate.
Detonating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detonate.
Detonate (v. i.) 爆炸；觸發 To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
Detonate (v. t.) 使爆炸；使觸發 To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.
Detonate (v.) Cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: {explode}, {detonate}, {blow up}, {set off}].
Detonate (v.) Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" [syn: {detonate}, {explode}, {blow up}].
Detonating (a. & n.) from Detonate.
Detonation (n.) 爆炸（聲）；引爆，起爆 An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.
Detonation (n.) A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction [syn: {explosion}, {detonation}, {blowup}].
Detonation (n.) The act of detonating an explosive.
Detonator (n.) One that detonates; specif.:
Detonator (n.) (a) An explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
Detonator (n.) (b) Something used to detonate a charge, as a detonating fuse.
Detonator (n.) (c) A case containing detonating powder, the explosion of which serves as a signal, as on railroads.
Detonator (n.) (d) A gun fired by a percussion cap. [Obs.]
Detonization (n.) The act of detonizing; detonation.
Detonized (imp. & p. p.) of Detonize.
Detonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detonize.
Detonize (v. t. & i.) To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.
Detorsion (n.) Same as Detortion.