firing pin

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firing pin [′fīr·iŋ ‚pin]

(ordnance)

A device used in the firing mechanism of a gun, mine, bomb, fuse, projectile, or the like, which strikes and detonates a sensitive explosive to initiate an explosive train or a propelling charge.

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