firebomb

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English

Etymology

From fire +‎ bomb.

Noun

firebomb (plural firebombs)

  1. A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
    A Molotov cocktail is a simple firebomb.

Translations

Verb

firebomb (third-person singular simple present firebombs, present participle firebombing, simple past and past participle firebombed)

  1. (transitive) To attack with a firebomb.
    The rioters firebombed the parked car.
    • 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 100:
      The next week when they firebombed the Satin Room, one of Chink Montagueʼs after-hours joints, Carney assumed the mobsters were embroiled in another war.