Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A device, such as a fuse or percussion cap, used to set off an explosive charge.
- noun An explosive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which detonates; it detonating preparation; a percussion-cap.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete, obsolete An explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
- noun obsolete, obsolete Something used to detonate a charge, as a detonating fuse.
- noun obsolete, obsolete A case containing detonating powder, the explosion of which serves as a signal, as on railroads.
- noun obsolete A gun fired by a percussion cap.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to
detonate an explosive device etc. - noun rail transport, UK a small explosive device attached to the
railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
Etymologies
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Examples
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Besides, the detonator is not yet manufactured that will explode that charge.
Chapter 11 2010
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And interestingly, a similar detonator is connected to a massive nuclear device under the city of Munich, set to ignite in eighty hours.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004
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Besides, the detonator is not yet manufactured that will explode that charge.
The Port Adams Crowd 1911
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But suffice it to say that it is concentrated hydrogen peroxide mixed with flour, attached to a very crude detonator, which is, again, a very crude about four gallon plastic container.
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A “nano detonator”, that is, a detonator roughly smaller than an electron.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004
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You know, your cell phone now is called a detonator and simple things like Gatorade apparently can be used as a component of a bomb that could take your plane down, so I think people are very weary and they want to know that we're doing things.
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And I would raise a concern about the fact that even though there were no detonators, the detonator is the easy part of the explosive.
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The detonator was a remote car starter purchased over the Internet.
The Seattle Times 2011
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American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith called the detonator holder "nothing threatening."
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American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith called the detonator holder "nothing threatening."
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