"firebomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firebombs [plural]
Etymology: fire + bomb Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|bomb}} fire + bomb Head templates: {{en-noun}} firebomb (plural firebombs)
  1. A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon. Categories (topical): Explosives, Fire Translations (weapon): palopommi (Finnish), Brandbombe [feminine] (German), шатаах бөмбөг (šataax bömbög) (Mongolian), зажига́тельная бо́мба (zažigátelʹnaja bómba) [feminine] (Russian), brandbomb [common-gender] (Swedish), yangın bombası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-firebomb-en-noun-P-oeVEQY Disambiguation of Explosives: 85 15 Disambiguation of Fire: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10

Verb

Forms: firebombs [present, singular, third-person], firebombing [participle, present], firebombed [participle, past], firebombed [past]
Etymology: fire + bomb Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|bomb}} fire + bomb Head templates: {{en-verb}} firebomb (third-person singular simple present firebombs, present participle firebombing, simple past and past participle firebombed)
  1. (transitive) To attack with a firebomb. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-firebomb-en-verb-IBGY5DQG

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for firebomb meaning in English (3.4kB)

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