detonatingadj.
/ˈdɛtəneɪtɪŋ/ That detonates.
a. That explodes with sudden loud report, explosive, as detonating gas.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective]
clapping1582
exploding1755
detonating1808
detonative1875
detonable1884
chunking1902
1808 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 5) 224 A new detonating compound of silver.
1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) iii. 138 At times meteors..are heard to explode with great noise; these are called detonating meteors.
b. That causes, or is used in producing, detonation, as detonating primer, detonating tube.
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1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) i. x. 125 By firing it, in a detonating tube over mercury.
c. esp. That explodes by a blow, or is used in explosion by percussion, as detonating hammer, detonating powder. detonating ball, a toy ball filled with a fulminating powder, exploding on percussion; detonating bulb, the small glass bulb also called Prince Rupert's drop, which flies to pieces on a slight scratch; detonating gun, a firearm which is fired by means of a detonating agent (as a percussion-cap) instead of by the application of a match or spark.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun]
poop1489
pellet1553
trunk1553
elder-gun1600
popgun1649
spitter1688
pluff1695
whistling arrowa1718
pea-shooter1782
pea gun1812
detonating ball1814
pea-blower1821
pen-gun1821
pipegun1828
torpedo1831
spring gun1837
putty blower1861
tweaker1862
pluffera1866
bean-shooter1890
putty shooter1896
water pistol1897
stink bomb1915
cap-pistol1920
cap-gun1931
laser gun1961
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > by method of firing
hammer-gun1645
percussion1807
detonating gun1814
detonator1822
flintlock1833
flint-gun1837
needle-gun1850
pin-fire1867
rimfire1889
miquelet1926
1814 Ann. Reg. 324 These detonating-balls were calculated to effect abundant mischief.
1817 Sporting Mag. 50 257 I got from Joseph Manton a detonating gun.
1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 67 To fire with detonating powder, the gun requires to be much stronger than that used for a flint.
1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports (1870) 752 The Percussion or Detonating System of Gun Firing.
1856 Engineer 428/2 (heading) Detonating Arms.
1856 Engineer 428/2 A cap containing detonating powder, covered by a preparation of shellac.
1869 Echo 9 Oct. ‘It is dangerous to play with edged’, and still more with detonating ‘tools’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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