aerosol bomb

English

A 1943 aerosol bomb with insecticide as payload.

Noun

aerosol bomb (plural aerosol bombs)

1. 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.
2. (weaponry) A type of thermobaric weapon.

Synonyms

• (aerosol can): bug bomb
• (weapon): thermobaric weapon, vacuum bomb, fuel-air explosive, FAE

Translations

early design for aerosol can

•  Chinese:

   Mandarin: 噴霧罐／喷雾罐

•  Finnish: suihketölkki
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type of weapon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣霧彈／气雾弹

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• Finnish: aerosolipommi
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• German: Aerosolbombe (de) f
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