variants
or air bag
: a bag that is inflated with air typically for use as a cushion or safety device
especially
: such a bag installed in an automobile as a safety device designed to inflate automatically in case of collision
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Digging around a root ball roughly 45 feet in diameter began on June 1, followed by an operation to insert large inflatable airbags underneath.
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Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Investigators later found his DNA on the Honda’s airbag, which had deployed during the crash that claimed the lives of the couple, according to police sources.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
But now that cars have become digital technology products, this no longer just means crumple zones, airbags and hardened passenger compartments.
—James Morris, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The airbags were out, and a phone was on the front passenger seat.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
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Jack Bantock, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Investigators later found his DNA on the Honda’s airbag, which had deployed during the crash that claimed the lives of the couple, according to police sources.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2025
But now that cars have become digital technology products, this no longer just means crumple zones, airbags and hardened passenger compartments.
—James Morris, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The airbags were out, and a phone was on the front passenger seat.
—Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Airbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airbag. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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