thermobaric weapon (English, noun)
expansion: thermobaric weapon (plural thermobaric weapons)
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weaponry
glosses: A weapon of a class of bombs, which causes a large explosion, with effects similar to a nuclear blast, by having an explosion, flash of heat, shockwave, producing a vacuum, and vacuum collapse pressure wave. Typically produced by aerosolizing a fuel throughout the air, and setting it alight, producing a detonation, that consumes all the oxygen in the region.
Forms:
form: thermobaric weapons
tags: plural