detonator

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, detonates.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cap detonating device capital dynamite fuze blaster petard missile bomb ammunition explosive trigger torpedo soup ceiling
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Antonyms

worthless bum mooch wastrel

Hypernyms

explosive device

Hyponyms

percussion cap blasting cap

Related terms

detonation detonate

Phrases with the word

artisanal detonator detonator-free home-made detonator

Anagrams

rattooned denotator tetraodon

Examples

According to the protocol of Sèvres agreements, France secretly transmitted parts of its own atomic technology to Israel, including a detonator. Source: Internet

As MacReady rushes to set the charges, Blair, now metamorphosed into a larger monster emerges from below and destroys the detonator. Source: Internet

An Iraqi soldier checks the detonator on spot where an improvised explosive device blew up as a convoy of the 1st battalion 327th infantry regiment was driving along a country road on the outskirts of the northern city of Hawija, Dec. 25, 2005. Source: Internet

It had been captured by the Maquis due to a failed detonator and reprogrammed to attack its original creators. Source: Internet

La’Tecia had a stick of dynamite inked on her right ring finger, while her fiancé added a TNT detonator to his collection of facial tattoos. Source: Internet

However, at daybreak the commandos are horrified to see that the water level has dropped, exposing the wire connecting the explosives to the detonator. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

detonation stick detonation tube detonative detonator-free detonization detonize