Detonator
['detəneɪtə] or ['dɛtə'netɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, detonates.
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Examples
- And the exploder and the detonators? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And if we just had detonators and the old exploder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I could unscrew the detonators and just use them, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So was the cigar box with the carefully wrapped and packed detonators. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Primers were tried in different forms called detonators, but the familiar little copper cap was the most popular. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Why couldn't he have just mucked off and not have taken the exploder and the detonators? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And that Pablo that just mucked off with my exploder and my box of detonators. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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