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thermobaric weapons

thermobaric weapons is the plural of thermobaric weapon.

Meaning of thermobaric weapon

Noun

thermobaric weapon (plural thermobaric weapons)

  1. A weapon of a class of bombs, which causes a large explosion, with effects similar to a nuclear blast, by having an explosion, flash of heat, shockwave, producing a vacuum, and vacuum collapse pressure wave. Typically produced by aerosolizing a fuel throughout the air, and setting it alight, producing a detonation, that consumes all the oxygen in the region.
    Synonyms:
    aerosol bomb, FAE, fuel-air explosive, poor-man's nuke, vacuum bomb

Questions about thermobaric weapons

What is thermobaric weapons the plural of?
Thermobaric weapons is the plural of thermobaric weapon.

Words near thermobaric weapons in the dictionary

  1. thermobalances
  2. thermoballing
  3. thermoballistic
  4. thermobaric
  5. thermobaric weapon
  6. thermobaric weapons
  7. thermobarics
  8. thermobarograph
  9. thermobarographs
  10. thermobarometer
  11. thermobarometers

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