detonator

Example Sentences

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An inital attempt to remove the device's detonator failed, French media reports, prompting authorities to destroy the historic munition in situ with a controlled explosion.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

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

But the wire ended nearby in the grass, unconnected to any detonator.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 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