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fuel-air explosive vs aerosol bomb

aerosol bomb vs fuel-air explosive

fuel-air explosive and aerosol bomb both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fuel-air explosive Yes No No No
aerosol bomb Yes No No No
As nouns, aerosol bomb is a hyponym of fuel-air explosive; that is, aerosol bomb is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fuel-air explosive:
  • fuel-air explosive: 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 creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below
  • aerosol bomb: a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive
Other hyponyms of fuel-air explosive include fuel-air bomb, thermobaric bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb.
fuel-air explosive (noun) aerosol bomb (noun)
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 creates an enormous blast wave and incinerates whatever is below a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive
Difference between fuel-air explosive and aerosol bomb

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