detonator
Example Sentences
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An explosive-laden drone was found this month at Leipzig airport, a key logistics hub for weapons sent to Ukraine, and police deployed a bomb-disposal robot to remove the detonator.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
German publications have reported that the drone’s detonator failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Hurley gets this flare gun, and he fires the flare gun into the air with a massive detonator as a tribute to the ship,” explains Dr John Shears who led the expedition that found Endurance.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
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
Powell unlimbered the detonator, and his eyes searched anxiously across the dusky background where the only light was robot light and it was impossible to tell a projecting boulder from a shadow.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
