detonating cord

noun

An explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives).

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cordeaudetcorddet corddet. corddetacordsun cordprimer cordprimacord
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Meanings

noundetonating cord (plural detonating cords)

plural detonating cords · alternative detonation cord

  1. An explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives).

    Synonyms: cordeau, detcord, det cord, det. cord, detacord, sun cord, primer cord, primacord

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn explosive cord, typically used as a fuse/primer to detonate explosive charges, or as a cutting agent to cut patterns explosively. The explosive cord is a small flexible plastic tube filled with explosive in a flexible binder, typically pentaerythritol tetranitrate (“PETN”) (pentrite explosives).

Similar
cordeaudetcorddet corddet. corddetacordsun cordprimer cordprimacord
Also see
detonation cordprimacordprimer cord
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APA

detonating cord. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detonating%20cord

MLA

“detonating cord.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detonating%20cord. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detonating cord,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detonating%20cord.

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