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AEROSOL BOMB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Synonyms:
aerosol; aerosol bomb; aerosol can; aerosol container; spray can
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
Sense 2
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 ("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)
