napalms
Burns with jelly
Napalms is the third-person singular verb form of napalm, meaning to attack with napalm—a highly flammable jellied gasoline used in incendiary bombs and flamethrowers.
The substance clings to surfaces and burns intensely: The military napalmed the jungle.
Figuratively, to napalm something is to destroy it utterly: Critics napalmed the film.
Causing or designed for burning
- bombingAttack with explosives
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
- firebombingAssault using flame weapons
warfare · munitions · defoliant · Agent Orange · carpet bombing · Apocalypse Now · flamethrower · ordnance
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- benzeneAromatic hydrocarbon solvent
- polystyreneLightweight synthetic foam plastic
- thickening agentSubstance increasing liquid viscosity
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
ignition · burning · oxidation · fuel mixture · pyrotechnic · chemical weapon · thermite · white phosphorus
Burning waste to ash
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- burningCombustion in progress
- charringBurning surface black
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
obliteration · immolation · conflagration · annihilation · razing · torching · firestorm · inferno
incendiary
Causing or designed for burning
- bombingAttack with explosives
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
firebombing · warfare · munitions · defoliant · Agent Orange · carpet bombing · Apocalypse Now · flamethrower · ordnance · combat
petroleum
Natural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- benzeneAromatic hydrocarbon solvent
- polystyreneLightweight synthetic foam plastic
- thickening agentSubstance increasing liquid viscosity
combustion · ignition · burning · oxidation · fuel mixture · pyrotechnic · chemical weapon · thermite · white phosphorus · accelerant
incineration
Burning waste to ash
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- burningCombustion in progress
- charringBurning surface black
scorching · obliteration · immolation · conflagration · annihilation · razing · torching · firestorm · inferno · consuming
napalmsextinguishes
Causes to stop burning
douses · puts out · quenches · smothers · hoses down
- napalm strikesAttacks using jellied petroleum
- napalm bombIncendiary weapon using jellied fuel