Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blasting_cap

1 sense of blasting cap

Sense 1
blasting cap -- (a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives)
       => detonator, detonating device, cap -- (a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive)