Blasting Cap (Noun)
Meaning
A small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The miner carefully inserted the blasting cap into the stick of dynamite to prepare it for detonation.
- A blasting cap is typically used to initiate the explosion of a larger quantity of explosive material.
- The demolition team used a blasting cap to detonate the explosives that brought down the old building.
- The construction worker was injured when a blasting cap accidentally detonated in his hand.
- The police bomb squad carefully removed the blasting cap from the homemade explosive device to render it safe.