variants
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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In cars, they’re used to connect the battery to motors, for lights and sensors, for braking systems, airbag controllers, entertainment systems and electric windows.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
Braking is a single-disc setup at both ends, while telescopic front forks take care of front suspension and airbag twin rear shocks do the job at the back.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
The driver of the truck was uninjured but the vehicle was badly damaged, with full airbag deployment, and needed to be towed from the scene.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 22 Dec. 2025
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.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
Braking is a single-disc setup at both ends, while telescopic front forks take care of front suspension and airbag twin rear shocks do the job at the back.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
The driver of the truck was uninjured but the vehicle was badly damaged, with full airbag deployment, and needed to be towed from the scene.
—Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 22 Dec. 2025
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.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Airbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airbag. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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