"airburst" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: airbursts [plural]
Etymology: From air + burst. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|burst}} air + burst Head templates: {{en-noun}} airburst (plural airbursts)
  1. The explosion of a bomb (or similar weapon) or meteoroid in the air rather than on the ground. Derived forms: meteor airburst, nuclear airburst Translations (explosion): 空中爆炸 (kōngzhōng bàozhà) (Chinese Mandarin), ilmaräjähdys (Finnish), Luftdetonation [feminine] (German), luftbrisad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-airburst-en-noun-ERm4Ks5q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: air burst, air-burst

Verb

Forms: airbursts [present, singular, third-person], airbursting [participle, present], airbursted [participle, past], airbursted [past], airburst [participle, past], airburst [past]
Etymology: From air + burst. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|burst}} air + burst Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=airburst}} airburst (third-person singular simple present airbursts, present participle airbursting, simple past and past participle airbursted or airburst)
  1. To explode in this manner.
    Sense id: en-airburst-en-verb--uO5pbUT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: air burst, air-burst

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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