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airburst
[ air-burst ]
noun
- the explosion of a bomb or shell in midair.
airburst
/ ˈɛəˌɜː /
noun
- the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
Example Sentences
The airburst flattened trees and straw huts, splashing meltglass onto cereals and grains, as well as on the early buildings, tools and animal bones found in the mound -- and most likely on people, too.
The airburst virtually leveled the city and surrounding area.
51Թs for him were like weapons designed to pierce the pages or explode above them in illuminating airbursts.
Shrapnel from an airburst shell, detonated at programmable heights, can kill infantry across 2½ acres.
That leaves his group where it was before the discovery of Hiawatha: arguing the Younger Dryas trigger was an airburst rather than a body slamming into the ground.
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