thermobaric weapon

短语

词形变化

thermobaric weapons 复数 thermobaric weapons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

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词源

From being a weapon which produces heat (“thermo-”) and pressure (“baric”).

来源:wiktionary