firebombing
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌbɑːmɪŋ/
- Offensive
:
bombardeo incendiario
- The German people also saw their history destroyed in the firebombings of Dresden and every other major and minor city.
- the firebombing of Dresden
- the firebombing of Germany
Examples
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Wilcox pointed out that the firebombings of over sixty Japanese cities, along with the 54,000,000 people who were killed by other humans during the war, led to a determination to do whatever was necessary to bring an end to the killings.
Academic text (2007) -
Millions of books disappeared in the Allied firebombing of Dresden and other German cities at the end of World War II, while in the east, the Soviet army's "Trophy Squads" sacked libraries in search of rare books.
Academic text (2003) -
A firebombing in a fire station has touched off a small race war...
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Fewer people were killed by those two bombs than were being killed by the firebombing that was happening prior.
Blog text (18) -
Church buildings smoldering after a midnight firebombing.
Academic text (1994) -
After the American firebombing raids in 1945, however, Szilard became disillusioned.
Academic text (2005) -
Americans and Britons who would have been appalled at the firebombing of cities in 1938 barely blinked at the idea in 1943.
Academic text (2008) -
Also, the book takes place shortly after World War II, where Richard's guilt over his participation in the Dresden firebombing unwittingly leads police to suspect him.
Blog text (18) -
However extensive the collateral damage in Afghanistan, for example, there is a world of difference between accidentally hitting civilians in Kandahar with not-so-smart bombs and firebombing Dresden to break the population's morale.
Academic text (2011) -
The firebombing of the city left many buildings in ruins and caused widespread panic.
Synonyms
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3.4
An attack using bombs to damage or scare people
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4.5
A military attack by planes that drop bombs or fire missiles at targets on the ground
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8.3
Firing large guns at an area, often not aimed at a specific target
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7.0
A long, heavy attack with bombs or large guns on a place
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4.2
A sudden attack by military planes that drop bombs and shoot at the ground
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8.0
A military attack that drops many bombs over a wide area without aiming at specific targets
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8.2
To drop many bombs over a large area to destroy it
Attacking a large area from the air to destroy many buildings rather than specific targets
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Etymology
Firebombing comes from the two words fire and bomb, where fire means 'burning' and bomb means 'a thing that explodes'. So, firebombing is an attack that uses bombs to start fires and destroy buildings or whole parts of a city.