What is "detonates"

Usage examples of "detonates".

The fuel/oxidant aerosol expands to fill a large volume before it detonates -- the blast jolts him back on his shock absorbers and ripples down the tunnel.

Maybe even the Great Almighty Programmer detonates us from afar now and then for some vast joke we're too tiny to appreciate.

The inward-facing blast whose heat detonates a crust-hidden Armageddon!