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detonator

[det-n-ey-ter] / ˈdɛt nˌeɪ tər /




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For more common parts, like the plastics and metals and wiring inside each detonator, there are also questions about how the years spent in warheads might affect their integrity.

From Seattle Times Sep. 19, 2023

What if these novae were actually the remnants of technological civilizations like ours, which had in fact discovered the dreaded "detonator" referenced by Rutherford?

From Salon Aug. 12, 2023

You’d think he was pointing a detonator at Aquaman.

From The Guardian Oct. 12, 2019

Publication of photographs, including a device described as a "possible detonator" by the New York Times, prompted a furious response from within Whitehall and from UK police chiefs.

From BBC May 24, 2017

They hadn’t taken it yet, and that was the detonator.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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