to firebomb
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7.3
- verb
- /ˈfaɪərˌbɑm/
- Offensive
:
lanzar bombas incendiarias
- Someone, nobody seemed exactly sure who, had firebombed two of the Center's towers, trapping hundreds of workers inside.
Examples
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(One year later, Bill's clinic was firebombed with fifty people inside.)
Academic text (2009) -
I say, firebomb that puppet newspaper of his again.
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Either that, or the government will firebomb it back to the Stone Age.
Fiction book (2001) -
Yeah, I went back, and I firebombed it.
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The only way I could save myself now is if I start firebombing.
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But the virus simply spreads further, and the military is forced to firebomb "District One."
Academic text (2012) -
They firebombed them as they ran away.
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They're firebombing all of District One.
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These people firebombed the university research lab that Aaryan was working in.
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The protesters decided to firebomb the government building in response to the new law.
Synonyms
300
3.1
To attack a place by dropping explosive devices from planes
137
4.9
To break rock or walls using explosives to make an opening
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5.4
To attack something repeatedly by throwing things like stones or bombs
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7.5
To attack a wide area from the air by dropping many bombs
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9.1
To attack a place with a thick burning liquid from bombs or flamethrowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Firebomb as a verb comes from the noun firebomb and means 'to attack by using a bomb that starts fires'. So, to firebomb a place is to throw or plant such a device to make it burn.