fuel-air explosive

Noun fuel-air explosive has 1 sense

• fuel-air explosive(n = noun.artifact) fae - 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;
is a kind of explosive device
has particulars: aerosol bomb, fuel-air bomb, thermobaric bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb