incendiary weapons
Weapons causing fires
Incendiary weapons are designed to set fires or burn targets, using materials like napalm, thermite, or white phosphorus.
Distinguished from explosives, which destroy through blast force, incendiary weapons destroy through sustained heat and flame.
International law restricts their use against civilians: The treaty bans incendiary weapons in populated areas.
The adjective incendiary also describes inflammatory rhetoric.
- napalmFlammable gel for bombs
- flamethrowerIgnited fuel sprayer
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
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- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- Weaponryrifles, shotguns, grenades, missiles, bombs
- Arms Treatiesdisarmament, arms limitation, arms reduction, cluster munitions, cluster bombs
incendiary weaponsfire extinguishers
Devices for dousing flames
firefighting equipment · fire retardants · fire blankets · sprinkler systems · fireproofing
incendiary weaponsmedical supplies
Healthcare materials and tools
humanitarian aid · protective equipment · fire shelters · rescue equipment · defensive barriers
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