detester (detester)

One who detests. To rob men, and make God the receiver, who is the de tester, and will be the punisher, of such crimes. Bp. Hopkins, On the First Commandment. dethrone (de-thron'), v. t.; pret. and pp. de throned, ppr. dethroning. [ The former cla demanded a distinct recognition of the right of subjects to dethrone bad princes. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., x. 2. To divest of rule, or of supreme power or authority. The republicans, being dethroned by Cromwell, were the party whose resentment he had the greatest reason to apprehend. Hume, Hist. Eng., VI. lxi. dethronement (de-thron'ment), n. [ dethrone +-ment.] Removal from a throne; deposition of a king, an emperor, or any supreme ruler. struck, explode with a loud report, owing to the fact that one or more of the constituent parts suddenly a ume the gaseous state. The chlorid and iodide of nitrogen are very powerful detonating substances. The compounds of ammonia with silver and gold, and the fulminates of silver and mercury, detonate by slight friction, or by the agency of heat, electricity, or sulphuric acid. - Detonating tube, a species of eudiometer, being a stout gla tube used in chemical analysis for detonating gaseous bodies. It is generally graduated into centesimal parts, and per forated by two opposed wires for the purpose of pa ing an electric spark through the gases which are introduced into it, and are confined within it over mercury and water. detonation (det-ō-na's hon), n. [F. déto nation = Sp. detonacion = Pg. detonação, Detonation may be defined to be the instantaneous explosion of the whole ma of a body. Ei ler , Mod. High Explosives, p. 84. Demosthenes, in particular, exhibits consummate dexterity in this art [of ordering words with reference to effect). At his pleasure, he separates his lightning and his thunder by an interval that allows his hearer half to forget the coming detonation . G. P. Marsh , Lects. on Eng. Lang., xvi. detonative (det'ō-nā-tiv), a . [ detonate + -ive.] Capable of detonating; explosive. When the gunpowder is exploded by nitro-glycerine, its explosion becomes instantaneous; it becomes detonative; it occurs at a much higher temperature, produces a much larger volume of gas, and consequently develops a very much greater force than when exploded alone. Ei ler, Mod. High Explosives, p. 69. detonator (det'ō-nā-tor), n. [ detonate + -or .] That which detonates; a detonating preparation; a percu ion-cap. detraction The man drew a pistol from under his cloak, and fired full in his face. Had it happened in these days of deto nators , Frank's chance had been small. Kingsley, Westward Ho, p. 89. detonization (det"ō-ni-zā'shon), n. [ detonize + -ation .] The act of detonating, as certain combustible bodies. detonize (det'ō-niz), v.; pret. and pp. detonized, ppr. detonizing. [L. deton - are, thunder (see detonate ), + -ize.] I. trans. To cause to ignite with an explosion; detonate. Nineteen parts in twenty of detonized nitre is destroyed in eighteen days. Arbuthnot , Effects of Air. II. in trans. To take fire with a sudden report; detonate. This precipitate... detonizes with a considerable noise. Fourcroy. IMG:content-2502.png:[blocks in formation]