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fuel-air explosive

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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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hypernyms (1)

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  1. explosive device

hyponyms (5)

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  1. aerosol bomb
  2. fuel-air bomb
  3. thermobaric bomb
  4. vacuum bomb
  5. volume-detonation bomb

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  • vanishedone commented on the word fuel-air explosive

    WordNet as it appears in dictionary.com gives a definition for both this and FAE, but on Wordie only FAE gets it.

    August 16, 2008