FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE

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 I. (noun) 

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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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