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

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

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2019

Powell felt for the security of his detonator.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov