firebombed
Hit with flames
Firebombed is the past tense of firebomb—to attack with an incendiary device designed to start fires.
The term applies to both military actions and civilian attacks: Allied forces firebombed Dresden in 1945; Protesters firebombed the embassy.
The word emphasizes destruction by flame rather than explosion.
Combustion-intensifying substance
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- vandalismWillful property damage
- torchedSet on fire
- guttedEmptied of contents
deliberate · investigation · insurance · petrol bomb · ignited · razed · attack · flames
Causing or designed for burning
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
- blitzSwift, overwhelming offensive
- air raidAerial military attack
- DresdenSaxon capital city
Tokyo · civilian · destruction · wartime · bombing run · payload · conflagration · strategic
accelerant
Combustion-intensifying substance
gutted · deliberate · investigation · insurance · petrol bomb · ignited · razed · attack · flames · gasoline
incendiary
Causing or designed for burning
Dresden · Tokyo · civilian · destruction · wartime · bombing run · payload · conflagration · strategic · carpet bombing
riot
Violent public disturbance
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- unrestState of public disturbance
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
civil disobedience · looting · violence · clashes · police · disorder · rage · streets · burning · chaos
firebombedcarpet bombed
Aerially devastated entire area
torpedoed · strafed · nuked · tear-gassed
firebombedrebuilt
Constructed anew
restored · protected · defended · constructed · preserved
firebombedextinguished
Made to stop burning
doused · fireproofed · quenched · put out · hosed down
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