Napalm

Definitions

1. A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.
   uncountable, usually
2. Anything very incendiary; dynamite.
   figuratively, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“A trio of needle-nosed silver Phantom jets descended from the clouds and dropped a colossal load⟳ of napalm on the jungle. Flames turned the screen red and orange. Silence followed. “You smell⟳ that?” Kilgore said, almost to himself. Then, louder, “You smell⟳ that?” Lance, the champion surfer, asked “What?” Kilgore, lit by the glow of burning trees, retorted, “Napalm, son—nothing else in the world smells like⟳ that. I love⟳ the smell⟳ of napalm in the morning. You know⟳, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours, and when it was all over I walked up; we didn’t find⟳ one of ’em … not one stinking dink body. But the smell⟳—you know⟳, that gasoline smell⟳—the whole hill—it smelled like⟳ … victory.””

“When leaked, the controversial documents proved to be political napalm.”

“sexual napalm”

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