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The Chelyabinsk airburst, caused when a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded over a Russian city in February 2013, rattled many astronomers, space agencies and governments, and partly in response to this dramatic event, NASA reactivated NEOWISE in September 2013.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Scientists now believe this was due to a meteor airburst.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Tall el-Hammam may have been destroyed by a massive cosmic airburst and may have been the biblical Sodom.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Scientists now believe this was due to a meteor airburst.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Tall el-Hammam may have been destroyed by a massive cosmic airburst and may have been the biblical Sodom.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airburst
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Witnesses reported hearing a massive boom around 7:30 a.m., followed by the shattering of glass and screams.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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On the Mexico side of the border, Foxconn, Flex, Jabil and Dell all have operations and are benefitting from a boom in need for servers and related equipment being used to power the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry’s needs.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The British pop star and producer had an intimate wedding ceremony on Saturday, reportedly exchanging vows in front of about 20 guests.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
21 July 2025
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With celebrities and pop culture icons showcasing their Labubu collections on social media, Labubu has become a cult toy especially with Gen Z. PopMart has very few retail locations in the US and toys are sold out very quickly online.—
Anjana Susarla,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The firings come as Bondi and the agency have come under fire for not releasing any further information on the department’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Supported Trump firing of more than a dozen inspectors general.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Air raid sirens, the whine of kamikaze drones and booming detonations reverberated from early evening until dawn as Russia launched what Ukraine's Air Force said was a total of 539 drones and 11 missiles.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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This triggers a second detonation in the core of the star, which ultimately forms the supernova.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
2 July 2025
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“Airburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airburst. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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