All detonator synonyms

noun detonator

• bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
• mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
• missile — an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
• powder — British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
• ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
• munition — Usually, munitions. materials used in war, especially weapons and ammunition.
• gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
• grease — the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
• shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
• grenade — a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
• tnt — trinitrotoluene: explosive substance
• fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
• soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
• nitroglycerin — a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
• pineapple — the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves.
• mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
• propellant — a propelling agent.
• fuse — Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.
• ball of fire — a very lively person
• ignition system — the system in an internal-combustion engine that produces the spark to ignite the mixture of fuel and air: includes the battery, ignition coil, distributor, spark plugs, and associated switches and wiring.
• sparker — a lover, swain, or beau.