firebomb
noun[C]
uk/ˈfaɪə.bɒm/us/ˈfaɪr.bɑːm/abombthatcausesdestructionbystartingafireratherthanexploding:
火焰炸弹，燃烧弹Riotersarmedwith firebombs setlighttopolicebarricades.持有燃烧弹的暴徒放火点燃了警察设置的路障。
Bombs & missiles
- anti-mine
- anti-missile
- anti-radar
- anti-satellite
- anti-ship
- enrich
- enrichment
- Exocet
- frag bomb
- fragmentation bomb
- mortar
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- neutron bomb
- non-conventional
- suicide belt
- suicide vest
- superbomb
- surface-to-air missile
- test ban treaty
firebomb
verb[T]
uk/ˈfaɪə.bɒm/us/ˈfaɪr.bɑːm/todamageaplacewith a firebomb:
用燃烧弹破坏Animalrightsextremiststhreatenedto firebomb anystoresthatstockfurcoats.
- When the family'shousewas firebombed eightweekslater, she and hermotherwere athomebut were nothurt.
- Thevictoryof themovementhasencouragedextremists, some of whom have firebombedcafes,poolhallsandbars.
- Most of theareawas firebombed toashesin 1945.
- He is injail,accusedof firebombing asupermarket.
Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- direct hit
- dive-bomb
- drone strike
- firebombing
- first strike
- go off
- mine
- saturation bombing
- shelling
- shoot
- shootsomethingdown
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike homeidiom