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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.

Hypernyms

  • Detonating Device
  • Cap
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