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- noun The
explosion of abomb dropped from theair when it hits theground .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A groundburst creates enormous overpressure and ground shock, ideal for destroying a hardened target.
Superiority Complex 2007
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A groundburst creates enormous overpressure and ground shock, ideal for destroying a hardened target.
Superiority Complex 2007
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The climax, a man who is going to explode is carried off into the air by his brother… did anybody bother to compare the effects of a groundburst with an airburst nuclear explosion?
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In that celebrated essay, he was rehearsing the idea of killing his wife and children to spare them the horror of a nuclear groundburst.
BRAVO TEV 2007
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So, a small, dirty groundburst causing lots of broken glass in the coastal area would wreck the tourist trade, port facilities, and leave lots and lots of contamination.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Nor does your position account for the effects of a large number of nukes 1) targeted at population centers, 2) set for groundburst in a fashion to do as much damage as possible, 3) happening in a massive number of locations, 4) all at once.
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