It would however, be incorrect to claim that the meteor had noting to do with explosions.
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The term makes people think atmospheric heating causes an actual steam explosion and that's the source of shockwave, which can't be further from truth.
If you were to witness the breakup from the bolide's reference frame and without all the rushing air you'd never call it an explosion.
That's the exploding bit though. You don't need containment, you just need the the airburst. A hyper-heated pocket of air that then expands rapidly is itself an explosion.
Except it doesn't. The breakup has roughly the same dynamics as dirt spreading as it gets out of a tip truck. The shockwave is not produced by the outward motion, it barely has any speed.
The shockwave is traveling at the speed of sound.