airburst

See also: air-burst and air burst

English

Alternative forms

• air burst, air-burst

Etymology

air +‎ burst

Noun

airburst (plural airbursts)

1. The explosion of a bomb (or similar weapon) or large meteorite in the air rather than on the ground.

Derived terms

• nuclear airburst

Translations

explosion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空中爆炸 (kōngzhōng bàozhà)

• Finnish: ilmaräjähdys
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Luftdetonation f
• Swedish: luftbrisad

Verb

airburst (third-person singular simple present airbursts, present participle airbursting, simple past and past participle airbursted or airburst)

1. To explode in this manner.