what does fuel-air explosive mean?
FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE as NOUN
- Meaning
- 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
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Hypernyms(s) fuel-air explosive is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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