fuel-air explosive - Similar and Opposite Words

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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

Synonyms

• FAE
• fuel-air explosive

More generic

• explosive device

More specific

• aerosol bomb
• fuel-air bomb
• thermobaric bomb
• vacuum bomb
• volume-detonation bomb

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