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 had military-grade explosives, but its detonator failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The rocket is lit using an oversized lever designed to look like a “Looney Tunes” version of a TNT detonator.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
“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
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
