incendiary attack
Deliberate burning assault
An incendiary attack uses fire or fire-starting materials as a weapon.
The term covers arson, firebombing, and military strikes using incendiary devices like napalm or white phosphorus.
The warehouse was destroyed in an incendiary attack.
Unlike explosive attacks that damage through blast force, incendiary attacks rely on burning to cause destruction.
- firebombExplosive causing flames
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- blazeIntense burning fire
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- burned downDestroyed by fire
up in flames · terrorist · war crime · explosion · gasoline · torch · bombing · inferno · accelerant · devastation · napalm · charred · smoke · destruction · radical · militant · sabotage · petrol
incendiary attackfire suppression
Controlling or eliminating flames
water bombing · bomb blast · flooding · chemical attack · biological attack
incendiary attackfire suppression
Controlling or eliminating flames
firefighting · fire prevention · rescue operation · humanitarian aid · evacuation
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