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Synonyms for detonator
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : det-n-ey-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛt nˌeɪ tər |
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Définition of detonator
Origin :- 1822, agent noun in Latin form from detonate. For suffix, see -er (1).
- As in spark plug : noun device that ignites fuel in engine
- As in explosive : noun something that blows up
- The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my pocket.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- But this is only a single barrel, and an old-fashioned sort of detonator.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It was to destroy itself; the Solarite would merely be the detonator to set it off!
- Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
- The instant he brought the wires in contact, the detonator went off.
- Extract from : « Dynamite Stories » by Hudson Maxim
- This ignition fired a detonator, which in turn fired the dynamite.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume VII, Issue 38, February 1894 » by Various
- Then we can park the jeep off the road next to the detonator.
- Extract from : « The Flaming Mountain » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- I have no control over the detonator, for it is not a suicide device.
- Extract from : « Check and Checkmate » by Walter Miller
- Jim fitted a detonator to a length of fuse, and stuck it in the cartridge.
- Extract from : « The Sea and the Jungle » by H. M. Tomlinson
- The mere cranking-up of the engine, it appeared, exploded the detonator.
- Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Louis Tracy
- The 'detonator' to produce the shock is set into the explosive.
- Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
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