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The asteroid is estimated to be traveling at about 17 km (10.5 miles) per second, which would create a large airburst and shock wave in the atmosphere.
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Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
The Chelyabinsk airburst, caused when a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded over a Russian city in February 2013, rattled many astronomers, space agencies and governments, and partly in response to this dramatic event, NASA reactivated NEOWISE in September 2013.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Scientists now believe this was due to a meteor airburst.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Michael Irving, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
The Chelyabinsk airburst, caused when a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded over a Russian city in February 2013, rattled many astronomers, space agencies and governments, and partly in response to this dramatic event, NASA reactivated NEOWISE in September 2013.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Scientists now believe this was due to a meteor airburst.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airburst
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The company was a poster child of China’s property boom in the 2010s, but its collapse beginning in 2021 came to embody the sector’s woes that fueled wider economic strain.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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One example is Opendoor Technologies, the real estate fintech whose stock hit nearly $40 a share in February 2021, during the last meme stock boom.—
Sarah Whitmire,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Google Maps has partnered with a 23-year-old pop star to create a driving avatar that guides users to venues throughout his American Heart World Tour.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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But on this record, Swift is interrogating an increasingly large part of her life — her experience as a world-famous pop star and lacquered performer.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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This is why the enemies of cancel culture cannot help but compare the firing of Hollywood directors to witch hunts.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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Amid intensifying scrutiny over deteriorating employment figures, President Trump on Aug. 1 ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the BLS.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
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In frustration, the AEC turned to another Plowshare experiment, Project Gnome, a detonation in New Mexico expected to be fully contained underground.—
Shoshi Parks,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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The detonation over the city instantly killed about 80,000 people and left tens of thousands more exposed to lethal radiation.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Airburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airburst. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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