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FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE
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I. (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
Synonyms:
FAE; fuel-air explosive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
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