firebomb
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1ADJ.
simple
Definitions
noun
A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
A Molotov cocktail is a simple firebomb.
The firebombs were small, and burst into flames when they hit the ground.
verb
To attack with a firebomb.
The rioters firebombed the parked car.
A GOP office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, was firebombed over the weekend, with a swastika and the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” spray painted on an adjacent building, according to local officials.
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noun — a bomb that is designed to start fires
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6A Molotov cocktail is a simple firebomb.
WiktionaryThe firebombs were small, and burst into flames when they hit the ground.
WiktionaryAs many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital tha
WiktionaryThe rioters firebombed the parked car.
WiktionaryA GOP office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, was firebombed over the weekend, with a swastika and the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” spray painted on an adjacent building, according to l
WiktionaryThe next week when they firebombed the Satin Room, one of Chink Montagueʼs after-hours joints, Carney assumed the mobsters were embroiled in another war.
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