NOUN | artifact | thermobaric bomb, fuel-air bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive |
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Meaning | A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive. | |
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Example | "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb" | |
Synonyms | fuel-air bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, aerosol bomb | |
Broader | bomb | An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions |
fuel-air explosive, FAE | A device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges |
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