Meaning of firebomb | Babel Free

Definitions

A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.

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Examples

“A Molotov cocktail is a simple firebomb.”

“The firebombs were small, and burst into flames when they hit the ground.”

“As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night.”

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