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fuel-air bomb

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Noun1.fuel-air bombfuel-air bomb - a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb"
aerosol bomb, thermobaric bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb
bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
FAE, 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
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Moore boasted that he was working on a fuel-air bomb that could devastate an area the size of two football fields and also indicated he had successfully produced a grenade-like device, the documents said.
ARREST OF MILITIA MEMBERS AIDED BY INFORMANT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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