vacuum bomb va·cuum·bomb uncommon noun 1. a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive “a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb” Synonymsthermobaric bombfuel-air bombvacuum bombvolume-detonation bombaerosol bomb Related words Broader terms bombfuel-air explosive WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.