napalming
Dropping jellied gasoline
Napalming is attacking with napalm—the incendiary gel that clings to surfaces and burns intensely.
The word evokes Vietnam War imagery of jungle defoliation and civilian casualties: They were napalming villages along the river.
Figuratively, to napalm something is to destroy it utterly: The critics napalmed his new film.
Aircraft-delivered military attack
- bombingAttack with explosives
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- firebombingAssault using flame weapons
- strafingAerial gunfire at ground
sortie · munition · combat · assault · military · campaign · barrage · artillery
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- firestormSelf-perpetuating intense blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
inferno · blaze · burning · white phosphorus · thermite · accelerant · flashpoint · engulf
Southeast Asian coastal nation
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
collateral damage · ethics · morality · protests · human rights · ecocide · scorched earth · photojournalism
airstrike
Aircraft-delivered military attack
- bombingAttack with explosives
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- firebombingAssault using flame weapons
strafing · sortie · munition · combat · assault · military · campaign · barrage · artillery · air raid
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- firestormSelf-perpetuating intense blaze
conflagration · inferno · blaze · burning · white phosphorus · thermite · accelerant · flashpoint · engulf · char
Vietnam
Southeast Asian coastal nation
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
atrocity · collateral damage · ethics · morality · protests · human rights · ecocide · scorched earth · photojournalism · anti-war
napalmingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
protecting · restoring · rebuilding · healing · reforesting
napalmingpeacekeeping
Preventing or ending conflict
ceasefire · demilitarizing · humanitarian aid · peacemaking · disarming
napalmingextinguishing
Causing to stop burning
dousing · quenching · firefighting · smothering · hosing down