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Definition of Firebomb
1. Noun. A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel).
2. Verb. Attack with incendiary bombs. "The rioters fire-bombed the stores"
Definition of Firebomb
1. Noun. A weapon that causes fire, an incendiary weapon. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To attack with a firebomb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firebomb
1. to attack with incendiary bombs [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firebomb
Literary usage of Firebomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray (1983)
"92 When transferred to the north in August, Richthofen ordered a firebomb attack
on Leningrad; the next day, he noted that two small and one large ..."
2. Preventing Gang & Drug Related Witness Intimidation by Peter Finn (1998)
"... a fairly to her for assistance, the father said that the defendants boasted
tirey were going to firebomb his house with Ws wife and children in it. ..."
3. Planned Invasion of Japan, 1945: The Siberian Weather Advantage by Hatten Schuyler Yoder (1997)
"Acceptance of the decision was apparently immediate as he rode the train to his
home, which survived the firebomb raid on Sendai: . ..."
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