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What are airbursts?

What are airbursts? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of airburst
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Before 1914 artillery shells had consisted mainly of shrapnel, whose airbursts were effective in mobile warfare.
I should note that what's important here is the general principle, not the exact numbers, because the equation I'm using was developed for nuclear airbursts.
But then, dodging airbursts of Archie on the Western Front hadn't exactly been a joyride either.
The heat and concussive force of the airbursts produced the expected results, instantly engulfing the rebel base in an apocalyptic conflagration.
Objects 50 meters across strike Earth every few centuries, causing airbursts that rival the effects of large thermonuclear bombs.
Thirty miles from the targets, they began seeing the airbursts of radar-controlled antiaircraft artillery.

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