firebomb
Flaming thrown explosive
A firebomb is an incendiary device designed to start fires rather than explode—typically a container of flammable liquid with an ignition source.
Molotov cocktails are simple firebombs.
The verb means to attack with such devices: Rioters firebombed the building.
Firebombing can also describe aerial incendiary attacks: the firebombing of Dresden.
Causing or designed for burning
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
- grenadeHandheld thrown explosive
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- cocktailMixed alcoholic beverage
detonator · ordnance · projectile · ammunition · warhead · artillery · blast · shrapnel
Intense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- burningCombustion in progress
combustion · incineration · scorched · charred · gutted · engulfed · razed · devastation
incendiary
Causing or designed for burning
cocktail · detonator · ordnance · projectile · ammunition · warhead · artillery · blast · shrapnel · thermite
blaze
Intense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
burning · combustion · incineration · scorched · charred · gutted · engulfed · razed · devastation · wreckage
arson
Criminal deliberate burning
blitz · sabotage · destruction · devastation · rampage · onslaught · barrage · targeting · ambush · guerrilla
extremism
Ideology beyond accepted norms
paramilitary · anarchist · IRA · intifada · pogrom · riot · unrest · protest · violence · intimidation
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- ancient weaponssword, swords, shield, shields, bow
- air raidsair raid, air strike, raid, bomber, bombers
- arsonarson, arsonist, arson investigator, arson investigation, attempted arson
- unrestriot, uprising, riots, revolt, civil unrest
firebombfragmentation bomb
Explosive designed to scatter shrapnel
frag grenade · cluster bomb · nail bomb · pipe bomb · depth charge
firebombfire extinguisher
Portable flame suppression device
water bomb · fire blanket · sprinkler · fire retardant · water cannon
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