HyperDic: thermobaric_bomb

English > 1 sense of the expression thermobaric bomb:
NOUNartifactthermobaric bomb, fuel-air bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, aerosol bomba bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive
English > thermobaric bomb: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive.
Example"a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb"
Synonymsfuel-air bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, aerosol bomb
BroaderbombAn explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
fuel-air explosive, FAEA device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges

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