fuel-air explosive

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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
• Syn:
FAE
• Hypernyms:
explosive device
• Hyponyms:
thermobaric bomb, fuel-air bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, aerosol bomb