Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DET-O-NA'TION
DET-O-NA'TION, n.
An explosion or sudden report made by the inflammation of certain combustible bodies, as fulminating gold. Detonation is not decrepitation.
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DET-O-NA'TION, n.
An explosion or sudden report made by the inflammation of certain combustible bodies, as fulminating gold. Detonation is not decrepitation.
Return to page 83 of the letter “D”.