Associations to the word «Detonator»

Wiktionary

DETONATOR, noun. A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.
DETONATOR, noun. (rail transport) (UK) a small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
DETONATOR, noun. (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.
DETONATOR, noun. (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap.

Dictionary definition

DETONATOR, noun. A mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats