Fuel-air Bomb (Noun)
Meaning
A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The firebomb was a type of fuel-air bomb that used the vacuum created by a rapidly expanding fireball to suck in oxygen.
- A thermobaric bomb is a type of fuel-air bomb that creates a large fireball and secondary blast wave that can cause significant damage and injuries.
- In the first milliseconds of detonation, a fuel-air bomb releases a mixture of fuel and air, consuming the oxygen and creating an explosive shockwave.
- The use of fuel-air bombs in warfare has raised concerns about the effects on civilians due to their indiscriminate and destructive nature.
- Because of its high destructive power, the thermobaric fuel-air bomb is often considered to be a strategic and tactical threat to ground targets.