Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Incendiary bomb   /ɪnsˈɛndiɛri bɑm/   Listen
Incendiary bomb

noun
1.
A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel).  Synonyms: firebomb, incendiary.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Incendiary bomb" Quotes from Famous Books



... few moments all was silent; the battle seemed to be over. The great airship, which had swung sharply to the left, was triumphantly leaving for home. Then it was that Robinson dropped his incendiary bomb. Suddenly there was an explosion. A flame of burning gas leaped into the sky. London was lit up for ten miles round-about. Our room was instantly as bright as though a searchlight had flashed into the window. Far above us was the ...
— With Our Soldiers in France • Sherwood Eddy

... bosh!" she remarked. "If he had alluded to him as an incendiary bomb, there would have been more ...
— Michael • E. F. Benson

... hitched to the guns in a jiffy and hurried away. If the horses are in the cars unharnessed, and all of the harness is being carried in other cars, confusion is increased and there is a greater prospect of your losing your train, horses, guns and everything from an incendiary bomb, not to mention low ...
— "And they thought we wouldn't fight" • Floyd Gibbons



Copyright © 2025 Free-Translator.com