How do you use Detonator in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cap, plus the exact meaning.
Detonator meaning
- A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
- A small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
- Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
Synonyms of Detonator
Using Detonator
- The main meaning on this page is: A device used to detonate an explosive device etc. | A small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it. | Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
- Useful related words include: detonating device, cap, explosive device.
- In the example corpus, detonator often appears in combinations such as: the detonator, detonator and, detonator to.
Context around Detonator
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Detonator
- In this selection, "detonator" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, miniaturised, vortex, tnt, jack, himself and weapon stand out and add context to how "detonator" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 11 and detonator jack 10 and a failed detonator and reprogrammed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "detonator" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with detonator
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sometimes it plastic explosive with detonator. (6 words)
The Red Arrows' signature moves include corkscrew, vortex, detonator and the much-revered heart and spear. (16 words)
Again, this is a feat accomplished by holding an armed thermal detonator in an outstretched hand. (16 words)
The difference between the two wins will be two kilograms as Palmetto earned the penalty after victory in a thrilling three-way photo finish from Detonator Jack and Waterford in the $1 million Five Diamonds Prelude. (36 words)
The detonator to the bomb was ultimately placed in the hands of the Klingon L'Rell, who was given the unenviable task of uniting all of the various Klingon houses into an uneasy peace. (34 words)
A former British Army bomb disposal officer explained that an explosive device has five main components: A container, a battery, a triggering device, a detonator and an explosive charge. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to preliminary information, one person, the detonator himself, died as a result of the explosion, and 11 more people were injured.
The difference between the two wins will be two kilograms as Palmetto earned the penalty after victory in a thrilling three-way photo finish from Detonator Jack and Waterford in the $1 million Five Diamonds Prelude.
The exploit lets players pop out endless Pulse Rifle ammo to exchange for currency, a process one commenter in that Reddit remembers using with the Detonator weapon.
A former British Army bomb disposal officer explained that an explosive device has five main components: A container, a battery, a triggering device, a detonator and an explosive charge.
The assembly was unusual because it did not rely on a standard miniaturised detonator, typically a metallic cylinder, the source and two bomb experts said.
The Chris Waller-trained Kovalica is the $3.20 market leader, after drawing barrier three, ahead of Huetor (11) and Detonator Jack ($10) both at $6.
The Red Arrows' signature moves include corkscrew, vortex, detonator and the much-revered heart and spear.
La’Tecia had a stick of dynamite inked on her right ring finger, while her fiancé added a TNT detonator to his collection of facial tattoos.
Whether the new movie’s directors, Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi, can successfully carry Bay’s torch (or detonator) remains to be seen.
Despite a short delay Miami Mayor Dan Gelber, the honorary detonator of the explosives, said it went just as planned.
Hunt pursues the villain Hendricks into a parking garage where the two engage in a brutal and violent fight over a detonator.
Again, this is a feat accomplished by holding an armed thermal detonator in an outstretched hand.
Sometimes it plastic explosive with detonator.
The detonator for the denouement is self-evidently Fed tightening and - should it ever happen - a surging dollar.
The detonator to the bomb was ultimately placed in the hands of the Klingon L'Rell, who was given the unenviable task of uniting all of the various Klingon houses into an uneasy peace.
According to the protocol of Sèvres agreements, France secretly transmitted parts of its own atomic technology to Israel, including a detonator.
As MacReady rushes to set the charges, Blair, now metamorphosed into a larger monster emerges from below and destroys the detonator.
However, at daybreak the commandos are horrified to see that the water level has dropped, exposing the wire connecting the explosives to the detonator.
It had been captured by the Maquis due to a failed detonator and reprogrammed to attack its original creators.
It is defined by the power of the detonator which is certain to prime the explosive to a sustained and continuous detonation.
Common combinations with detonator
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the detonator 9×
- detonator and 5×
- detonator to 3×
- as detonator 2×
- detonator jack 2×