"napalm" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈneɪ.pɑːm/, /ˈneɪ.pɑlm/ Audio: en-us-napalm.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-napalm.wav Forms: napalms [plural]
Etymology: Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} napalm (usually uncountable, plural napalms)
  1. A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (flammable substance): napalm (Basque), напа́лм (napálm) [masculine] (Belarusian), напа́лм (napálm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), napalm [masculine] (Catalan), 凝固汽油彈 /凝固汽油弹 (nínggù qìyóu dàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 燒夷彈 /烧夷弹 (shāoyídàn) (Chinese Mandarin), napalm (Dutch), napalmo (Esperanto), napalm (Finnish), napalm [masculine] (French), Napalm [neuter] (German), नेपाम (nepām) (Hindi), napalm (Hungarian), napalmo (Ido), ナパーム (napāmu) (Japanese), ナパーム弾 (napāmu dan) (Japanese), 네이팜 (neipam) (Korean), напалм (napalm) [masculine] (Macedonian), napalm [masculine] (Polish), napalm [masculine] (Portuguese), напа́лм (napálm) [masculine] (Russian), напалм [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), napalm [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), napalm [masculine] (Spanish), napalm [common-gender] (Swedish), напа́лм (napálm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bom napan (Vietnamese), napan (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figurative) Anything very incendiary; dynamite. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-napalm-en-noun-mNZpnfHE

Verb

IPA: /ˈneɪ.pɑːm/, /ˈneɪ.pɑlm/ Audio: en-us-napalm.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-napalm.wav Forms: napalms [present, singular, third-person], napalming [participle, present], napalmed [participle, past], napalmed [past]
Etymology: Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance. Head templates: {{en-verb}} napalm (third-person singular simple present napalms, present participle napalming, simple past and past participle napalmed)
  1. (transitive) To spray or attack with napalm. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-napalm-en-verb-JNp63cdj

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "A trio of needle-nosed silver Phantom jets descended from the clouds and dropped a colossal load of napalm on the jungle. Flames turned the screen red and orange. Silence followed.\n“You smell that?” Kilgore said, almost to himself. Then, louder, “You smell that?” Lance, the champion surfer, asked “What?” Kilgore, lit by the glow of burning trees, retorted, “Napalm, son—nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours, and when it was all over I walked up; we didn’t find one of ’em … not one stinking dink body. But the smell—you know, that gasoline smell—the whole hill—it smelled like … victory.”",
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          "viscous"
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        {
          "text": "When leaked, the controversial documents proved to be political napalm.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "sexual napalm",
          "type": "example"
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        "Anything very incendiary; dynamite."
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        "(figurative) Anything very incendiary; dynamite."
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      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.pɑːm/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.pɑlm/"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "napalm"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "napálm",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напа́лм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "napálm",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напа́лм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nínggù qìyóu dàn",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "凝固汽油彈 /凝固汽油弹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāoyídàn",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "燒夷彈 /烧夷弹"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "napalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "napalmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "napalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Napalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nepām",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "नेपाम"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "napalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "napalmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "napāmu",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "ナパーム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "napāmu dan",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "ナパーム弾"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "neipam",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "네이팜"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "napalm",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напалм"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "napalm"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napalm"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "napálm",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напа́лм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напалм"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
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        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "napalm"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "napalm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "napalm"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "napálm",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "напа́лм"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "bom napan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "flammable substance",
      "word": "napan"
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
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        "To spray or attack with napalm."
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        "(transitive) To spray or attack with napalm."
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      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.pɑːm/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈneɪ.pɑlm/"
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}

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