Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Explosion of a bomb or shell in the atmosphere.
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- noun The
explosion of abomb or similarweapon in theair rather than on theground .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an explosion in the atmosphere
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Examples
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My only real comment is the observation that this would be an ideal place for a 10-megaton airburst … this week only, while all the idiots are in one place.
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She swung her sword and created an airburst that sent her flying across.
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A ground-burst nuclear weapon would spread blast damage and fire over a smaller area than an airburst nuclear bomb released from a high-rise office building.
Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010
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A ground-burst nuclear weapon would spread blast damage and fire over a smaller area than an airburst nuclear bomb released from a high-rise office building.
Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010
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Once when we'd gone on maneuvers with the armored cav, Battery B's 155's blew the tread off one of their tanks with an airburst.
Pacific Light 2010
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The payoff for equipping cruise missiles (or nuclear bombs) with GPS is clear when one estimates the civilian casualties from a lower-yield, airburst attack.
Superiority Complex 2007
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The payoff for equipping cruise missiles (or nuclear bombs) with GPS is clear when one estimates the civilian casualties from a lower-yield, airburst attack.
Superiority Complex 2007
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One day it will be KABOOM and an airburst nuke pulse is gonna disable everything, and the FCC will be chiseling search warrants onto stone tablets.
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The alternative to a high-level airburst is a low-level one.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Optimally, an airburst N-bomb would have little fallout nor would it destroy structures, equipment or vehicles, but its neutrons would kill the humans either outside or within buildings or tanks.
Daniel Ellsberg: Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years 2009
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