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airburst

noun

Definition of airburst

as in boom

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Recent Examples of airburst These could hold clues to future threats from space like airbursts and actual impacts into Earth's surface, according to researchers. — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025 In the event of a swarm attack, this warhead can take it out with an airburst of shrapnel. — New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2025 The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor. — Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025 However, the most likely outcome would be a high-altitude airburst. — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for airburst

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The boom in vaccine-preventable outbreaks, cases, and tragic deaths is being fueled by slipping vaccination rates nationwide as health misinformation and anti-vaccine sentiments have taken hold.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
DuPont benefits in some ways from the AI boom (more on that shortly), but most of its exposure to the theme disappeared with the Qnity spin-off a year ago.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of boom

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The crew can also operate the weapon system from a remote control unit up to meters away from the firing line.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
No reason was given for the firing, the latest in a series of ousters or departures of military leaders under Hegseth.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of firing

Noun

The clip physically holds these components in place, preventing the movement that could trigger an unintended detonation.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
The documentary revisits France’s first atomic bomb detonation on February 13, 1960 close to the remote town of Reggane in the heart of the Sahara Desert in Algeria, at a time when the country was still under French colonial rule.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of detonation

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