Meanings
plural aerosol bombs
- An early design for an aerosol can: a refillable hand-sized steel can charged with a pressurized liquefied gas and a product to be expelled as a mist or a foam.
Synonyms: bug bomb, thermobaric weapon, vacuum bomb, fuel-air explosive, FAE
- engineeringA type of thermobaric weapon.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn early design for an aerosol can: a refillable hand-sized steel can charged with a pressurized liquefied gas and a product to be expelled as a mist or a foam.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive
nouna dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 噴霧罐 /喷雾罐, 氣霧彈 /气雾弹
- 噴霧罐 /喷雾罐early design for aerosol can
- 氣霧彈 /气雾弹type of weapon
Finnish suihketölkki, aerosolipommi
- suihketölkkiearly design for aerosol can
- aerosolipommitype of weapon
German Aerosolbombe
- Aerosolbombetype of weapon
Cite this entry
aerosol bomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerosol%20bomb
“aerosol bomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerosol%20bomb. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aerosol bomb,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerosol%20bomb.
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