FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fuel-air explosive mean? 

• FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE (noun)
  The noun FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

FAE; fuel-air explosive

Hypernyms ("fuel-air explosive" is a kind of...):

explosive device (device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fuel-air explosive"):

aerosol bomb; fuel-air bomb; thermobaric bomb; vacuum bomb; volume-detonation bomb (a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive)