detonator
noun
det·o·na·tor
ˈde-tᵊn-ˌā-tər 
-tə-ˌnā-
: a device or small quantity of explosive used for detonating a high explosive
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Think of Europe today as an unexploded bomb, its detonator intact and functional, its explosives still live.
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Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2019
Sean Moorhouse, a former British Army officer and explosive ordinance disposal expert, said that only a detonator and explosive charge would have been needed to weaponize the pagers, which already have the other three components.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
But if the explosive specialists monitoring from the ship above determine that the weaponry still contains detonators, divers—not a robot—will be sent to detach them.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Investigators found a stockpile of chemicals, explosive devices, detonators and over $20,000 in counterfeit cash at the home of the main suspect, a 19-year-old ISIS sympathizer who had been radicalized online, according to Franz Ruf, public security director at Austria’s interior ministry.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
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Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2019
Sean Moorhouse, a former British Army officer and explosive ordinance disposal expert, said that only a detonator and explosive charge would have been needed to weaponize the pagers, which already have the other three components.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
But if the explosive specialists monitoring from the ship above determine that the weaponry still contains detonators, divers—not a robot—will be sent to detach them.
—Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
Investigators found a stockpile of chemicals, explosive devices, detonators and over $20,000 in counterfeit cash at the home of the main suspect, a 19-year-old ISIS sympathizer who had been radicalized online, according to Franz Ruf, public security director at Austria’s interior ministry.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
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detonator
noun
det·o·na·tor
ˈdet-ᵊn-ˌāt-ər
-ə-ˌnāt-
: a device or small quantity of explosive used for detonating another explosive
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