4 Verbs to Use for the Word detonation

As every shell hit him, I heard the sharp detonation, and saw the tiny puff of smoke curl outward from the ghastly wound.

When the wind freshened again it brought at intervals those deep, significant detonations which, as the hours passed, seemed to grow heavier and more thunderous.

It could be adjusted to cause the detonation at any set minute, giving the plotter time to be a long way from the scene.

With their music mingled the regular detonations of the Presidio cannon.

4 Verbs to Use for the Word  detonation