detonator
Example Sentences
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An explosive-laden drone was found this month at Leipzig airport, a key logistics hub for weapons sent to Ukraine, and police deployed a bomb-disposal robot to remove the detonator.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
German publications have reported that the drone had military-grade explosives, but its detonator failed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
An inital attempt to remove the device's detonator failed, French media reports, prompting authorities to destroy the historic munition in situ with a controlled explosion.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
For more common parts, like the plastics and metals and wiring inside each detonator, there are also questions about how the years spent in warheads might affect their integrity.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
They hadn’t taken it yet, and that was the detonator.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
