detonator

[US]/'detəneɪtə/
[UK]/'dɛtə'netɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. detonator, blasting device, primer tube
Word Forms

Example Sentences

a foolproof detonator; a foolproof safety lock.

a detonator that explodes when struck

Liberative energy can ignite or detonate combustible &explosive steam and sensitive detonator when the body static electricity is too high.

It is an important organic chemical material and widely used in many fields, dyestuff, medicine, detonator, spicery and rubber-vulcanize accelerant etc.

The terrorist planted a detonator to set off the bomb.

The detonator malfunctioned, causing the explosion to be delayed.

The detonator was carefully wired to the explosives.

The police found the detonator hidden in a remote location.

He accidentally triggered the detonator, causing chaos.

The bomb squad safely disarmed the detonator.

The detonator was set to explode upon impact.

The detonator was made from high-grade materials.

The detonator was carefully concealed within the package.

The detonator's timer was set for a specific time.

Real-world Examples

Each of these are the detonators.

Source: Connection Magazine

When you push the detonator, you got 30 seconds till it blows.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 6

Bombs need detonators like a garage door opener or something.

Source: newsroom

Pakistan's Ministry of Information says unregistered phones are used as remote bomb detonators, and for making fraudulent or annoying “obnoxious calls”.

Source: The Economist - International

That's a fake detonator. The real one's over here.

Source: The daily life of a chatty orange.

Impact pushes the nail into the grenade's detonator, causing it to explode.

Source: The Economist Science and Technology

There must have been a second detonator.

Source: The movie of Qiu Qiu.

Tell them to lose the detonators.

Source: 1900 yj w he

What do you remember about the bomb? Tell me about the detonator.

Source: The movie of Qiu Qiu.

So it's a little implausible on the face of it that he was handling a bag of detonators in Spain.

Source: Pop culture

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