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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A thin metal cap containing an explosive substance, such as fulminate of mercury, that explodes on being struck.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A small copper cap or cup containing fulminating powder, used in a percussion-lock to explode gunpowder.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a metal cap found on muzzleloading firearms that contains chemical substances such as fulminate that explode upon impact

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a small copper cap or cup, containing fulminating powder, and used with a percussion lock to explode gunpowder.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a detonator that explodes when struck

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  1. cap
  1. detonating device
  1. detonator

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  3. personal
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  3. semiauto
  1. undischarged
  2. duelling
  3. protm
  1. serious-looking
  2. boats'
  3. murderous-looking
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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. uncap
  2. cap
  3. percussion-lock
  1. priming
  2. detonator
  3. hammer
  1. capper
  2. firing-head
  3. percussion cap
  1. capsule
  2. percussion
  3. torpedo
  1. cock
  2. recapper
  3. cartridge-primer
  1. nipple
  2. snap

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