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Definition of detonator in English: detonatornoun ˈdɛtəneɪtəˈdɛtnˌeɪdər 1A device or small sensitive charge used to detonate an explosive. Example sentencesExamples - Once they've uncovered the ordnance, they use plastic explosive and then hook detonators and time fuses up to it, so they can light the fuse and get to a safe distance before it explodes.
- He said security agencies seized missiles, rockets, detonators, electronic surveillance equipment and other ammunition planned for use in terror attacks.
- He had separated the fuse and the detonator from the plastic explosive.
- The suicide jacket is essentially a bomb kit worn as a waistcoat next to the skin, fashioned from canvas and with plastic explosives and a detonator secreted in four pockets.
- You need plastic explosives, detonators, volunteers and somewhere to groom your potential martyrs and build your bomb.
- Also found were stacks of rocket and mortar launchers, several anti-aircraft machine guns, several boxes of plastic explosives with detonators and other equipment for making bombs and booby traps, said Sgt.
- His bag contained bomb-making equipment, guns, imitation explosives, three detonators and a rifle magazine holding five dummy bullets.
- Greek special forces have captured a freighter carrying 680 tons of explosives, along with detonators and fuses, bound for North Africa.
- The house was searched and alleged to contain guns, explosives and detonators.
- Fears of terrorism have been high in the Russian capital since last October's seizure of a Moscow theatre by scores of Chechen militants, including women carrying explosives and detonators.
- At other locations, U S troops detained 48 suspects and found weapons including bombs, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, explosives and detonators.
- Officers said that carnage had only been avoided on Thursday because the bombers had used faulty home-made detonators to trigger their devices.
- In addition to seven cars rigged with explosives, the guardsmen found 30 rocket-propelled grenades, high-powered rifles, mortars and remote control detonators.
- Fake explosives, detonators and real guns were taken undetected on to a British Airways flight between Manchester and Gatwick on Friday in a security test.
- The group has access to at least small stocks of artillery ammunition, detonators, and explosives.
- On Friday, police confiscated a huge haul of explosives, detonators and weapons from a bomb-making factory in the central Javanese town of Semarang.
- The package contained five sticks of M - 112 explosive linked by wires to detonators, an alarm clock and batteries.
- They were held after a rifle, two handguns, ammunition and a bomb detonator were discovered at a house Lurgan, Co Armagh.
- It is understood a detonator on the device went off but the main package did not explode.
- As the camera zooms it, the object is revealed to be a detonator for an explosive device.
- 1.1British
another term for fog signal Example sentencesExamples - Audible signals are principally the locomotive whistle and the detonator (torpedo).
- Known by railroad men simply as a torpedo, this is a small detonator fastened to the rail and set off by a locomotive's passing wheels.
Definition of detonator in US English: detonatornounˈdɛtnˌeɪdərˈdetnˌādər 1A device or small sensitive charge used to detonate an explosive. Example sentencesExamples - His bag contained bomb-making equipment, guns, imitation explosives, three detonators and a rifle magazine holding five dummy bullets.
- He had separated the fuse and the detonator from the plastic explosive.
- Officers said that carnage had only been avoided on Thursday because the bombers had used faulty home-made detonators to trigger their devices.
- The package contained five sticks of M - 112 explosive linked by wires to detonators, an alarm clock and batteries.
- It is understood a detonator on the device went off but the main package did not explode.
- On Friday, police confiscated a huge haul of explosives, detonators and weapons from a bomb-making factory in the central Javanese town of Semarang.
- The suicide jacket is essentially a bomb kit worn as a waistcoat next to the skin, fashioned from canvas and with plastic explosives and a detonator secreted in four pockets.
- He said security agencies seized missiles, rockets, detonators, electronic surveillance equipment and other ammunition planned for use in terror attacks.
- You need plastic explosives, detonators, volunteers and somewhere to groom your potential martyrs and build your bomb.
- At other locations, U S troops detained 48 suspects and found weapons including bombs, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, explosives and detonators.
- Fake explosives, detonators and real guns were taken undetected on to a British Airways flight between Manchester and Gatwick on Friday in a security test.
- Also found were stacks of rocket and mortar launchers, several anti-aircraft machine guns, several boxes of plastic explosives with detonators and other equipment for making bombs and booby traps, said Sgt.
- Fears of terrorism have been high in the Russian capital since last October's seizure of a Moscow theatre by scores of Chechen militants, including women carrying explosives and detonators.
- The house was searched and alleged to contain guns, explosives and detonators.
- Once they've uncovered the ordnance, they use plastic explosive and then hook detonators and time fuses up to it, so they can light the fuse and get to a safe distance before it explodes.
- In addition to seven cars rigged with explosives, the guardsmen found 30 rocket-propelled grenades, high-powered rifles, mortars and remote control detonators.
- As the camera zooms it, the object is revealed to be a detonator for an explosive device.
- Greek special forces have captured a freighter carrying 680 tons of explosives, along with detonators and fuses, bound for North Africa.
- They were held after a rifle, two handguns, ammunition and a bomb detonator were discovered at a house Lurgan, Co Armagh.
- The group has access to at least small stocks of artillery ammunition, detonators, and explosives.
- 1.1British
another term for torpedo (sense 1 of the noun) Example sentencesExamples - Known by railroad men simply as a torpedo, this is a small detonator fastened to the rail and set off by a locomotive's passing wheels.
- Audible signals are principally the locomotive whistle and the detonator (torpedo).
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