detonator

Synonyms for detonator

noun device that ignites fuel in engine

noun. something that blows up

noun. device that ignites fuel in engine

1822, agent noun in Latin form from detonate. For suffix, see -er (1).

The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my pocket.

But this is only a single barrel, and an old-fashioned sort of detonator.

It was to destroy itself; the Solarite would merely be the detonator to set it off!

The instant he brought the wires in contact, the detonator went off.

This ignition fired a detonator, which in turn fired the dynamite.

Then we can park the jeep off the road next to the detonator.

I have no control over the detonator, for it is not a suicide device.

Jim fitted a detonator to a length of fuse, and stuck it in the cartridge.

The mere cranking-up of the engine, it appeared, exploded the detonator.

The 'detonator' to produce the shock is set into the explosive.