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    VACUUM BOMB

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosiveplay

    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)

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