"detonator" meaning in English

See detonator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛt.ə.neɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈdɛtn̩eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detonator.wav Forms: detonators [plural]
Etymology: From detonate + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|detonate|or}} detonate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} detonator (plural detonators)
  1. A device used to detonate an explosive device etc. Translations (device used to detonate an explosive device): detonador [masculine] (Asturian), дэтана́тар (detanátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), детона́тор (detonátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), запалка (zapalka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), detonador [masculine] (Catalan), 雷管 (léiguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), rozbuška [feminine] (Czech), detonátor [masculine] (Czech), detonator [common-gender] (Danish), detonator [masculine] (Dutch), ontsteker [masculine] (Dutch), sytytin (Finnish), détonateur [masculine] (French), capsule fulminante [feminine] (French), detonador [masculine] (Galician), Zünder [masculine] (German), विस्फोटक (visphoṭak) [masculine] (Hindi), detonátor (Hungarian), gyutacs (Hungarian), gyújtó (Hungarian), gyújtószerkezet (Hungarian), detonatore [masculine] (Italian), 雷管 (raikan) (alt: らいかん) (Japanese), 뇌관 (noegwan) (Korean), detonator [masculine] (Polish), detonador [masculine] (Portuguese), detonator (Romanian), детона́тор (detonátor) [masculine] (Russian), ка́псюль-детона́тор (kápsjulʹ-detonátor) [masculine] (Russian), запа́л (zapál) [masculine] (Russian), detonador [masculine] (Spanish), detonator [common-gender] (Swedish), pandiklap (Tagalog), fünye (Turkish), детона́тор (detonátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), підривни́к (pidryvnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-detonator-en-noun-6OmUf~yI Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 10 38 12 40 Disambiguation of 'device used to detonate an explosive device': 77 21 1 1
  2. (rail transport, UK) a small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (rail transport: small explosive warning device): 響墩 (Chinese Mandarin), 响墩 (xiǎngdūn) (Chinese Mandarin), třaskavka [feminine] (Czech), железнодоро́жная пета́рда (železnodoróžnaja petárda) [feminine] (Russian), пета́рда (petárda) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-detonator-en-noun-pMsPeCub Categories (other): British English, English terms suffixed with -or, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 10 38 12 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 45 8 40 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'rail transport: small explosive warning device': 14 52 5 29
  3. (archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-detonator-en-noun--83vDYn9 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 10 38 12 40
  4. (obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap. Tags: obsolete
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: torpedo [US] [rail-transport, railways, transport] Derived forms: pencil detonator Related terms: detonate, detonation Related terms (device for detonating explosives): blasting cap
Disambiguation of 'device for detonating explosives': 42 38 5 15

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "device used to detonate an explosive device",
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      "sense": "device used to detonate an explosive device",
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      "sense": "device used to detonate an explosive device",
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      "sense": "device used to detonate an explosive device",
      "word": "fünye"
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      "sense": "rail transport: small explosive warning device",
      "word": "響墩"
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      "roman": "xiǎngdūn",
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      "word": "třaskavka"
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