THERMOBARIC BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermobaric bomb mean? 

• THERMOBARIC BOMB (noun)
  The noun THERMOBARIC BOMB has 1 sense:

1. a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive

  Familiarity information: THERMOBARIC BOMB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMOBARIC 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 ("thermobaric 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)