AEROSOL BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aerosol bomb mean? 

• AEROSOL BOMB (noun)
  The noun AEROSOL BOMB has 2 senses:

1. a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive

2. a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

  Familiarity information: AEROSOL BOMB used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEROSOL BOMB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aerosol bomb; fuel-air bomb; thermobaric bomb; vacuum bomb; volume-detonation bomb

Context example:

a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb

Hypernyms ("aerosol bomb" is a kind of...):

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)

FAE; fuel-air explosive (a device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aerosol; aerosol bomb; aerosol can; aerosol container; spray can

Hypernyms ("aerosol bomb" is a kind of...):

dispenser (a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aerosol bomb"):

pepper spray (a nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent)