"detonator of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something or someone that triggers or sets off a series of events. An example sentence using "detonator of" could be: "The reckless actions of the politician were the detonator of a political scandal." In this sentence, "detonator of" is used to describe the politician as the catalyst or trigger for the political scandal.
Ms. Varela called the reports "a detonator of the violence".
(Enter that familiar American detonator of mass shootings, the workplace grievance).
Since public access to the buildings' interiors is limited, the Gasometer may not become an urban "detonator" of the magnitude of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Nidal imagined himself, Steinberg says, as the detonator of a chain reaction: increasing conflict would unite the Arab world to uproot Israel.
Samy Kamkar, previously known as the accidental detonator of a MySpace worm affecting over a million people a few years ago, has begun compiling a list of such ruses.
Friday Prayers at the Al Aksa mosque -- a frequent detonator of Arab clashes with Israeli forces over the past six and a half months -- were pulling throngs of Muslims through the same stone alleyways, but in the opposite direction.
Styles also felt that the potential bomb was unlikely to have been detonated with a remote detonator on account of the buildings between the scenes of the shootings and the likelihood that it would be drowned out by other radio signals in the area.
"They said, the way these things are set up, this type of round has an impact detonator on the front of the charge," Dr. Bini said.
Getting the detonation just right required fast, reliable and safe electrical detonators, of which there were two for each lens for reliability.
Think of Ernie, Alf, Gonzo, even Lamb Chop: all instigators and impish truth-tellers, detonators of politesse with twinkles in their plastic eyes.
While the middle-class student activists of 1968 thought of themselves as external detonators of the working class, the students of 2010 were thoroughly embedded both in the workforce and in low-income communities.
