firebomber
Flame-dropping plane
A firebomber is an aircraft that drops water or fire retardant on wildfires, or a person who attacks with incendiary devices.
The firefighting sense dominates in regions prone to wildfires: Firebombers circled the ridge all afternoon.
The criminal sense appears in news coverage of arson attacks: Police arrested two firebombers outside the embassy.
One obsessed with flames
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- accelerantCombustion-intensifying substance
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
firestarter · torch · ignite · combustible · flammable · conflagration · blaze · inferno
Flammable gel for bombs
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- raidSudden armed incursion
- sortieArmed raid outward
carpet-bombing · munition · ordnance · strafing · Dresden · Tokyo · blitz · payload
Fire-suppression aircraft
- waterbomberFirefighting plane carrying liquid
- retardantSubstance that slows something
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- bushfireUncontrolled wildland blaze
smokejumper · hotshot · aerial · suppression · containment · fireline · drop · payload
Devastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- incinerateBurn to nothing
firestorm · ruin · ashes · rubble · charred · gutted · engulf · ravage
pyromaniac
One obsessed with flames
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- accelerantCombustion-intensifying substance
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
firebug · firestarter · torch · ignite · combustible · flammable · conflagration · blaze · inferno · matchstick
napalm
Flammable gel for bombs
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- raidSudden armed incursion
sortie · carpet-bombing · munition · ordnance · strafing · Dresden · Tokyo · blitz · payload · squadron
airtanker
Fire-suppression aircraft
- waterbomberFirefighting plane carrying liquid
- retardantSubstance that slows something
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
bushfire · smokejumper · hotshot · aerial · suppression · containment · fireline · drop · payload · tanker
inferno
Devastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
incinerate · firestorm · ruin · ashes · rubble · charred · gutted · engulf · ravage · wreckage
firebomberwater bomber
Aircraft dumping water on fires
air tanker · firefighting aircraft · water dropper · skycrane
firebomberfirefighter
Emergency blaze responder
fire rescue · first responder · smoke jumper · hotshot crew · fire brigade
firebomb, firebombing, firebombs, firebombed, firebombings, firebombers