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VACUUM BOMB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive
Example:
a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb
Synonyms:
aerosol bomb; fuel-air bomb; thermobaric bomb; vacuum bomb; volume-detonation bomb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vacuum 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)
