detonator

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det·o·na·tor

(dĕt′n-ā′tər)

1. A device, such as a fuse or percussion cap, used to set off an explosive charge.

2. An explosive.

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detonator

(ˈdɛtəˌneɪtə)

1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a small amount of explosive, as in a percussion cap, used to initiate a larger explosion

2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a device, such as an electrical generator, used to set off an explosion from a distance

3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a substance or object that explodes or is capable of exploding

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

det•o•na•tor

(ˈdɛt nˌeɪ tər)

n.

a device, as a percussion cap, used to make another substance explode.

[1815–25]

detonator

A device containing a sensitive explosive intended to produce a detonation wave.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

detonator - a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

detonating device, cap

blasting cap - a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives

explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy

percussion cap - a detonator that explodes when struck

Translations

مُفَجِّر، شُعَيْلَةُ الإنْفِجار

rozbuška

detonator

Sprengstoff

détonateur

hvellhetta

detonatore

fenghette tennladning

manyotalı patlatıcı

引爆装置雷管

detonator

[ˈdetəneɪtəʳ] N → detonador m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

detonator

[ˈdɛtəneɪtə^r] n → détonateur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

detonator

n → Zünd- or Sprengkapsel f; (Rail) → Nebelsignal nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

detonator

[ˈdɛtəˌneɪtəʳ] n → detonatore m

detonate

(ˈdetəneit) verb

to (cause to) explode violently. This device detonates the bomb.

ˌdetoˈnation noun

an explosion.

ˈdetonator noun

something (especially a piece of equipment) that sets off an explosion.

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The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my pocket.

"The detonator is partly mechanical, partly chemical," he explained, with casual condescension.

I am trying to invent a detonator that would adjust itself to all conditions of action, and even to unexpected changes of conditions.

"At the perfect detonator - eh?" he sneered, very low.

Therefore I would shovel my stuff in heaps at the corners of the streets if I had enough for that; and as I haven't, I do my best by perfecting a really dependable detonator."

The detonator was connected with the screw top of the can.

You can't expect a detonator to be absolutely fool-proof."

Your detonators. I shouldn't wonder if it weren't one of your detonators that made a clean sweep of the man in the park."

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So we bit the detonator down for him, shoved in a fuse, and picked him a good fire-stick, while he jolted up with a couple more stiff ones of gin.

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Again all was silent and then again it sounded as if someone were walking on detonators and exploding them.

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It was Mauki who supplied the key that opened the padlock on the boat, and it was Mauki who equipped the boat with a dozen Winchesters, an immense amount of ammunition, a case of dynamite with detonators and fuse, and ten cases of tobacco.