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waterbomb

waterbomb verb: to drop large quantities of water onto (a fire) from the air. Also the alternative form of water bomb.

waterbomb: to drop large quantities of water onto (a fire) from the air
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Verb

waterbomb (third-person singular simple present waterbombs, present participle waterbombing, simple past and past participle waterbombed)

  1. (transitive) To drop large quantities of water onto (a fire) from the air.
    • Four aircraft - including two air cranes - are currently waterbombing the area, […].2009 January 13, Staff writers, “Victoria swelters while Port Lincoln, South Australia and Sydney burn”, in Herald-Sun

Also used as

waterbomb is also the alternative form of water bomb.

Forms of waterbomb

Verb
third-person singular presentwaterbombs
present participlewaterbombing
past participlewaterbombed
pastwaterbombed
Noun
pluralwaterbombs

Origin of waterbomb

From water + bomb.

Questions about waterbomb

What does waterbomb mean?
Waterbomb means to drop large quantities of water onto (a fire) from the air.
What part of speech is waterbomb?
Waterbomb is a verb.
What is the past tense of waterbomb?
The past tense of waterbomb is waterbombed.

Words near waterbomb in the dictionary

  1. waterbody
  2. waterboiler
  3. waterboilers
  4. waterbok
  5. waterboks
  6. waterbomb
  7. waterbombed
  8. waterbomber
  9. waterbombers
  10. waterbombing
  11. waterbombs

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