Detonator

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who, or that which, detonates.

II. Detonator ·add. ·noun One that detonates.

III. Detonator ·add. ·noun A gun fired by a percussion cap.

IV. Detonator ·add. ·noun An explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.

V. Detonator ·add. ·noun Something used to detonate a charge, as a detonating fuse.

VI. Detonator ·add. ·noun A case containing detonating powder, the explosion of which serves as a signal, as on railroads.