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detonator|ˈdɛtəneɪtə(r)|
[Agent-noun, in L. form, f. dētonāre to detonate: see -or.]
Something that detonates; a contrivance for producing detonation, as a percussion-cap; a railway fog-signal. † spec. A detonating gun (obs.): see detonating.
1822Sporting Mag. IX. 156 Somewhat of a contrast this, to our expensive detonators. 1825P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 283 An old flint gun which put me out, after the detonators. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 104 Bringing his own double barrel detonator with a good supply of caps and cut wadding. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) I. x. 319 By the ignition of a fuse associated with a detonator, the gun-cotton should be fired. 1887Pall Mall G. 10 Jan. 6/1 When the signal is placed on the railway plate the ends of the band are drawn out and bent under the surface of the rail, upon which the detonator (as the fog signal is also called) then rests securely. |