detonator

noun

det·o·na·tor ˈde-tᵊn-ˌā-tər

-tə-ˌnā-

: a device or small quantity of explosive used for detonating a high explosive

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The 19-year-old male had bomb-making manuals in his possession along with homemade explosives, detonators and hydrogen peroxide, according to NBC. —

Janelle Ash, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024 Think of Europe today as an unexploded bomb, its detonator intact and functional, its explosives still live. —

Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2019 Sean Moorhouse, a former British Army officer and explosive ordinance disposal expert, said that only a detonator and explosive charge would have been needed to weaponize the pagers, which already have the other three components. —

Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024 But if the explosive specialists monitoring from the ship above determine that the weaponry still contains detonators, divers—not a robot—will be sent to detach them. —

Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for detonator