airburst

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Recent Examples of airburst But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is. David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 Tall el-Hammam may have been destroyed by a massive cosmic airburst and may have been the biblical Sodom. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022 However, some astronomers wonder if these accounts describe a Tunguska-style airburst that leveled a city. Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2020 North Korea’s military simulated a nuclear airburst with two tactical ballistic missiles equipped with mock warheads during Monday’s training, while testing a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone again on March 25-27, KCNA said in separate dispatches. Reuters, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for airburst
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Noun
  • Already, cask investment companies are using the headlines to promote whisky casks as a safe investment, suggesting the tariff cut marks the start of a new export boom into India.
    Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • That includes ensuring that booms on hydraulic cranes are retracted, tower cranes are set in a weathervane position and all power at the base of cranes is disconnected ahead of a storm.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Modeled on the same resonances and sound profile as the station’s generic pop playlist, it could even be tuned out entirely.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • The property has beautiful minimalist, modern design with pops of natural wood accents and stunning views of the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.
    Kimberley Mok, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • If the people who are protesting the firing don’t like our government, desiring its overthrow and institution of socialism, they are encouraged to change their hearts and remain here or welcome to leave and find a nation governed to their liking.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • To say that the firing of Dr. Hayden — executed with the Trumpian flair for erasure — was merely political is to miss the deeper insult.
    Jack Hill, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In this eastern district, two men were killed and another wounded on May 7 by the detonation of a Russian POM-2 mine laid during the occupation.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • And always in the background is our awareness of Mado’s homemade explosive, packed into a lunch pail, awaiting detonation.
    Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Airburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airburst. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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