Airburst is an English word with synonyms like explosion or detonation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Airburst meaning
The explosion of a bomb (or similar weapon) or meteoroid in the air rather than on the ground.
Synonyms of Airburst
Using Airburst
- The main meaning on this page is: The explosion of a bomb (or similar weapon) or meteoroid in the air rather than on the ground.
- Useful related words include: explosion, detonation, blowup.
- In the example corpus, airburst often appears in combinations such as: airburst fuzes, an airburst.
Context around Airburst
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Airburst
- In this selection, "airburst" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, combined, explosive, achieve, fuzes, rounds and caused stand out and add context to how "airburst" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a combined airburst and impact and airburst fuzes have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "airburst" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with airburst
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Airburst fuzes usually have a combined airburst and impact function. (10 words)
The larger calibers of anti-aircraft artillery are almost always used airburst. (12 words)
Airburst fuzes have to have the fuze length (running time) set on them. (13 words)
On a clear day, an airburst at 14,000 feet above ground level would produce a nuclear fireball two miles wide that would be hotter than the surface of the sun, reducing concrete and steel skyscrapers to ashes. (38 words)
Air burst main The destructiveness of artillery bombardments can be enhanced when some or all of the shells are set for airburst, meaning that they explode in the air above the target instead of upon impact. (36 words)
Called the Advanced Multi-Purpose (AMP) round, it will have point detonation, delay, and airburst modes through an ammunition data-link and a multi-mode, programmable fuse in a single munition. (31 words)
Example sentences (11)
Airburst fuzes usually have a combined airburst and impact function.
On a clear day, an airburst at 14,000 feet above ground level would produce a nuclear fireball two miles wide that would be hotter than the surface of the sun, reducing concrete and steel skyscrapers to ashes.
The main gun is also capable of firing all sorts of ammunition included guided missiles, high-explosive airburst rounds and more.
The meteor broke up before it hit the ground, but an airburst caused damage to buildings and hurled people across rooms.
Airburst fuzes have to have the fuze length (running time) set on them.
Air burst main The destructiveness of artillery bombardments can be enhanced when some or all of the shells are set for airburst, meaning that they explode in the air above the target instead of upon impact.
Called the Advanced Multi-Purpose (AMP) round, it will have point detonation, delay, and airburst modes through an ammunition data-link and a multi-mode, programmable fuse in a single munition.
During World War I and later, ricochet fire with delay or graze fuzed HE shells, fired with a flat angle of descent, was used to achieve airburst.
Early airburst fuzes used igniferous timers which lasted into the second half of the 20th century.
The larger calibers of anti-aircraft artillery are almost always used airburst.
The most modern is base ejection, which was introduced in World War I. Both base and nose ejection are almost always used with airburst fuzes.
Common combinations with airburst
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- airburst fuzes 4×
- an airburst 2×