firebombing
firebombing is the present participle and gerund of firebomb.
Meaning of firebomb
Verb
firebomb (third-person singular simple present firebombs, present participle firebombing, simple past and past participle firebombed)
- To attack with a firebomb.
- The rioters firebombed the parked car.
Noun
firebombing (plural firebombings)
- An attack with a firebomb.
- On November 9, anti-abortion crusader Curtis Beseda confessed in U.S. District Court to three successive firebombings that destroyed the Feminist Women's Health Center in Everett, Wash., and to torching a doctor's clinic in nearby Bellingham.1984 December 29, Luma Nichol, “Fighting Fire With Ire”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 4
- A Queens man who faces charges related to five firebombings in the New York City metropolitan area is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said late Tuesday.2012 January 3, Brian Vitagliano and Susan Candiotti, “Police: Man confesses in New York City firebomb attacks”, in CNN
Forms of firebombing
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Phrases with firebombing
Questions about firebombing
- What does firebombing mean?
- Firebombing means an attack with a firebomb.
- What is firebombing the present participle and gerund of?
- Firebombing is the present participle and gerund of firebomb.
- What part of speech is firebombing?
- Firebombing is a noun.
- What is the plural of firebombing?
- The plural of firebombing is firebombings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: firebombing (page history and authors); firebomb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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