If it's a bomb then it's the Temu of bombs.
It's like saying a kid blew his fingers off with a "bomb" when it was just fireworks.
I know this is just friendly wording autism between us all here about whether or not it's actually a "bomb". But when it is really and truly a "bomb" we wouldn't even be having this debate in the first place. Second of all the Tesla cybertruck would've been atomized. Thirdly, the hotel lobby would've been obliterated.
And fourth of all Musk wouldn't still be tweeting (I don't mean he would be dead but he would be scared shitless)
It was a bomb, a poorly conceived and applied one, but a bomb nonetheless.
Similar to your post, it was a post, a poorly conceived and applied one, but a post nonetheless.
That being said, an explosion has nothing to do with fire and flames, but rather internal pressure exceeding container capacity.
If the internal pressure pushing outwards from a radius of a container is greater than the container can withstand, "Pop" explosion.
It's really that simple.
Fill a balloon up with too much air? Pop!
That being said, what is considered the "explosion" is the kinetic energy of the pressure releasing in a circular wave known as an reverberation. If you are near the popping zone, you're essentially getting wacked with that kinetic force traveling through you. When this happens, your internal body vibrates, if the kinetic force is high enough, your insides rupture. Not a fun way to die.
Most pressure changes within a container however utilize chemical compounds that result in big fiery displays, but again, it's not really the flames that getcha, but rather the kinetic resonance that does. Kinetic resonance ordinance or anything that has "Outward Internal Pressure>Container Capacity is considered an explosive force."
Likewise, an implosion is when Outward External Pressure> Container Capacity, but the resonance happens inwardly, before reaching a certain point, and then converted to outward kinetic energy in a resonance, not as powerful as the implosion. (Please see the Submarine case with the retard millionaire for a good working example of this)
To summarize it:
"Literally anything that operates on explosive physics is considered explosive; not all explosives are fiery and flame."