Definition of "airburst" []

• Explosion of a bomb or shell in the atmosphere. (noun)

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• "My only real comment is the observation that this would be an ideal place for a 10-megaton airburst … this week only, while all the idiots are in one place."
• "She swung her sword and created an airburst that sent her flying across."
• "Once when we'd gone on maneuvers with the armored cav, Battery B's 155's blew the tread off one of their tanks with an airburst."