FUEL-AIR EXPLOSIVE as NOUN

  1. 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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