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Meanings of detonator in inglés
A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive.
Synonyms
Examples for "blasting cap"
Examples for "blasting cap"
1
This explosive requires a blasting cap of at least a grade A3.
2
A few sticks of dynamite, evidently touched off with a blasting cap.
3
He looked around frantically, trying to locate the dynamite or blasting cap.
4
No, the voltage was far too low to set off a blasting cap.
5
My brother's friends found a blasting cap down at the railyard.
Usage of detonator in inglés
1
He checked the detonator and made sure the time was set properly.
2
He thought back to that painful day as he prepared the detonator.
3
The thunder came right as she hit the detonator in your dream.
4
Annja looked at the detonator that he'd barely managed to pull free.
5
Exactly four paces away, Rapp retrieved a remote detonator from his pocket.
6
The man was carrying a remote controlled detonator when he was arrested.
7
Popped as tiny detonator spines collided with the body of the ship.
8
Besides, the detonator is not yet manufactured that will explode that charge.
9
These shells are fired upon impact, a detonator exploding the main charge.
10
Staven, who'd lectured her for hours one night for miswiring a detonator.
11
Then he rummaged through another pocket and pulled out a timer detonator.
12
That little unit in his hand is the receiver for the detonator.
13
The sleeper contained microcapsules of a sedative agent and a tiny detonator.
14
Then I lunged for the detonator, scooping it up in my hands.
15
Smith whispered a silent prayer to heaven and thumbed the detonator switch.
16
A detonator wire was hanging from one end like a mouse's tail.
About this term
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Translations for detonator
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Detonator through the time
Detonator across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common