proximity fuse

noun

1. an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target

Example Sentences

Its proximity fuse detonated in the exhaust of a Connie boat, blowing the tube out of position.

From Project Gutenberg

"Chances are the intercept is working on a proximity fuse," Crag reasoned.

From Project Gutenberg

But he saw the burst of flame, bright as the sun itself, which was the explosion of a proximity fuse bomb.

From Project Gutenberg

Together, they should make up a screen no proximity fuse bomb could pierce without exploding.

From Project Gutenberg

Stick a proximity fuse on it, and a time fuse, too, in case we missed.

From Project Gutenberg