Detonator vs. Torpedo

A detonator, frequently a blasting cap, is a device used to trigger an explosive device. Detonators can be chemically, mechanically, or electrically initiated, the last two being the most common.

A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, such a device was called an automotive, automobile, locomotive or fish torpedo; colloquially a fish.

A device, such as a fuse or percussion cap, used to set off an explosive charge.

A cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile launched from a submarine, aircraft, or ship and designed to detonate on contact with or in the vicinity of a target.

An explosive.

Any of various submarine explosive devices, especially a submarine mine.

A device used to detonate an explosive device etc.

A small explosive placed on a railroad track that is fired by the weight of the train to sound a warning of a hazard ahead.

a small explosive device attached to the railhead to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.

An explosive fired in an oil or gas well to begin or increase the flow.

(archaic) Any explosive whose action is practically instantaneous.

A small firework consisting of gravel wrapped in tissue paper with a percussion cap that explodes when thrown against a hard surface.

(obsolete) A gun fired by a percussion cap.

See electric ray.

One that detonates

(Slang) A professional assassin or thug.

a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

Chiefly New Jersey See submarine sandwich.

To attack, strike, or sink with a torpedo.

To destroy decisively; wreck

(fish) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.

(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.

(science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.

(regional) A submarine sandwich.

A naval mine.

An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.

(slang) A professional gunman or assassin.

A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.

A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.

(historical) An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.

A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.

A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

A thick marijuana cigarette.

A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.

To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.

To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.

To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.

An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up; a mine{4}.

A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so designed that they will explode when touched or approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore; now called marine mine.

A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called land mine.

A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.

A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, - used as an alarm signal.

An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.

A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.

An automobile with a torpedo body.

to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.

To destroy, cause to halt, or prevent from being accomplished; - used esp. with reference to a plan or an enterprise, halted by some action before the plan is put into execution.

a professional killer who uses a gun

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)

a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead

armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

attack or hit with torpedoes