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or air bag
: a bag that is inflated with air typically for use as a cushion or safety device
especially
: such a bag installed in an automobile as a safety device designed to inflate automatically in case of collision
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The car’s airbags deployed, and the driver of that vehicle got out of his car, and while the other driver was still standing in the street, wielding his axe, the driver of the white car got into the pickup truck.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
The Idaho Statesman began running investigative stories on auto airbag safety, early childhood education, immunization and workers’ compensation for farm workers.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Pink and blue clown paint is now smeared all over the driver's side airbag.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
One of the cars appeared to have sustained considerable damage to its front end, causing the airbags to deploy.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
The Idaho Statesman began running investigative stories on auto airbag safety, early childhood education, immunization and workers’ compensation for farm workers.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Pink and blue clown paint is now smeared all over the driver's side airbag.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
One of the cars appeared to have sustained considerable damage to its front end, causing the airbags to deploy.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for airbag
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“Airbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airbag. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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