Describing various weapons that use atmosphericoxygen to produce a blastwave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives.
Origin
thermo- + baric Derived from the Ancient Greek words for "heat" and "pressure": thermobarikos (θερμοβαρικός), from θερμός + βάρος + -ικός.
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