Detonator Synonyms

dĕtn-ātər
A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. detonating device
  2. cap

Words Related to Detonator

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. plastic-explosive
  2. fuze
  3. grenade

Detonator Sentence Examples

  • At one point in the action the remote detonator of the bomb rolled under the bell.

  • Sharon seems implicated tho when she wakes up covered in water and with an explosive detonator in her kit bag.

  • This latest version written in Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition supports the latest detonator 40.xx drivers.

  • Inside there was the head containing dynamite and a simple detonator (or pistol ).

  • It is still the commonest detonator, but it is now usually mixed with other substances; the British service uses for percussion caps 6 parts of fulminate, 6 of potassium chlorate and 4 of antimony sulphide, and for time fuses 4 parts of fulminate, 6 of potassium chlorate and 4 of antimony sulphide, the mixture being damped with a shellac varnish; for use in blasting, a home office order of 1897 prescribes a mixture of 4 parts of fulminate and 1 of potassium chlorate.

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