| A conventional bomb has a casing containing explosives, a detonation or ignition system, and an initiation device or fuse. |
| Its high octane rating delivers strong engine performance by helping engines resist detonation so they can run higher compression ratios. |
| Even this development necessitated the continued use of the proximity fuze in the control of its point of detonation. |
| He mentions the atomic bomb detonation in Japan, which seems later to have saved their lives by ending the war at last. |
| It took the detonation from his mercury fulminate blasting cap to initiate the explosion. |
| I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing. |
