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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Tesla depicts it as 10x better than the orange line, which is police reported crashes (airbag or not) for all drivers on all roads in all cars, and this is clearly false.
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
The car had extensive front-end damage and both airbags had deployed.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
The vehicles were recalled because the airbags may not deploy in a crash, increasing the risk of injuries.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 7 June 2025
On 4 July 1997, the Mars Pathfinder parachuted through the Martian atmosphere and bounced about 15 times on glorified airbags before finally coming to a rest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2025
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Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
The car had extensive front-end damage and both airbags had deployed.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
The vehicles were recalled because the airbags may not deploy in a crash, increasing the risk of injuries.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 7 June 2025
On 4 July 1997, the Mars Pathfinder parachuted through the Martian atmosphere and bounced about 15 times on glorified airbags before finally coming to a rest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2025
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“Airbag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airbag. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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