thermobaric
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thermo- + baric, derived from the Ancient Greek words for “heat” and “pressure”: θερμοβαρικός (thermobarikós), from θερμός (thermós, “hot”) + βάρος (báros, “weight, pressure”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
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thermobaric (not comparable)
- Describing various weapons that use atmospheric oxygen to produce a blast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives.
- 2022 March 1, Virginia Harrison, “What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Fears have risen over the use of thermobaric weapons by Russia after the Ukrainian ambassador to the US said a vacuum bomb – another term for the weapon – had been used during the invasion.
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thermobaric (plural thermobarics)
- A thermobaric weapon