detonators
Explosive ignition devices
Detonators are devices that trigger explosions in larger charges.
A detonator contains a small amount of sensitive explosive that, when activated by heat, shock, or electrical current, sets off the main explosive.
Blasting caps are common detonators in mining and demolition.
The bomb squad carefully removed the detonator from the device.
Devices that trigger explosives
- primersPreparatory coatings or introductions
- fusesJoins or safety wires
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- dynamitePowerful blasting compound
C-4 · TNT · igniters · initiators · explosives · demolition · mining · quarrying
Reaction accelerators
- triggersCauses or activates
- sparksFiery particles from friction
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
- provocateursThose who incite discord
agitators · flashpoints · accelerants · ignition · incitement · powder keg · tinderbox · fuse
blasting caps
Devices that trigger explosives
- primersPreparatory coatings or introductions
- fusesJoins or safety wires
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
dynamite · C-4 · TNT · igniters · initiators · explosives · demolition · mining · quarrying · pyrotechnics
catalysts
Reaction accelerators
- triggersCauses or activates
- sparksFiery particles from friction
- instigatorsThose who initiate trouble
provocateurs · agitators · flashpoints · accelerants · ignition · incitement · powder keg · tinderbox · fuse · breaking point
IEDs
Improvised explosive devices
EOD · disposal · improvised · remote · timer · tripwire · landmines · insurgent · warfare · counterterrorism
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- blastingblast, blasting, explosives, dynamite, TNT
- detonatorsblasting caps, percussion caps, primers, initiators, fuses
- explosives regulationslicenses, safety codes, ATF, blasting caps, buffer zones
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
- mining chemicalscollectors, frothers, depressants, activators, frother
detonatorsdefusers
Those who neutralize explosives
safety devices · disarmers · neutralizers · inhibitors · suppressants
detonatorspayload
Carried freight or charge
warheads · explosive charges · demolition charges · high explosives
- remote detonatorWireless explosive activator