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firebomb

firebomb noun: a weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.

Noun

firebomb (plural firebombs)

  1. A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
    • A Molotov cocktail is a simple firebomb.
    • The firebombs were small, and burst into flames when they hit the ground.2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 269

Verb

firebomb (third-person singular simple present firebombs, present participle firebombing, simple past and past participle firebombed)

  1. (transitive) To attack with a firebomb.
    • The rioters firebombed the parked car.
    • A GOP office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, was firebombed over the weekend, with a swastika and the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” spray painted on an adjacent building, according to local officials.2016 October 16, Eric Bradner and Adrienne Shih, “Local GOP office in North Carolina firebombed”, in CNN

Examples of firebomb in a sentence

  • The next week when they firebombed the Satin Room, one of Chink Montagueʼs after-hours joints, Carney assumed the mobsters were embroiled in another war.2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 100:
  • On Tuesday, a masked man used molotov cocktails to firebomb a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas before firing rounds into the burning vehicles.2025 March 19, Tom Sanders, “Anti-Musk Hackers Share Names and Addresses of Tesla Owners”, in The Daily Beast:

Forms of firebomb

Noun
pluralfirebombs
Verb
third-person singular presentfirebombs
present participlefirebombing
past participlefirebombed
pastfirebombed

Origin of firebomb

From fire + bomb.

Words formed from firebomb

Questions about firebomb

What does firebomb mean?
Firebomb means a weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
How do you use firebomb in a sentence?
The next week when they firebombed the Satin Room, one of Chink Montagueʼs after-hours joints, Carney assumed the mobsters were embroiled in another war.
What part of speech is firebomb?
Firebomb can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of firebomb?
The plural of firebomb is firebombs.

Words near firebomb in the dictionary

  1. fireboats
  2. firebolt
  3. firebolted
  4. firebolting
  5. firebolts
  6. firebomb
  7. firebomb a Walmart
  8. firebombed
  9. firebombed a Walmart
  10. firebomber
  11. firebombers

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