to napalm
- verb
- /ˈneɪpɑːlm/
- Offensive
- That's because forces napalmed the south side.
Examples
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He napalmed my arm.
Fiction book (1992) -
...U.S. planes napalmed refugee camps in southern Mexico.
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Wild has napalmed the landscape.
Blog text (34) -
If you're too peaceful a person to napalm an enemy village, where there are women and children, I'm going to find that out.
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Like someone's just napalmed my face?
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He napalms another car.
Fiction book (1998) -
At least that's targetable, as opposed to the "Get rid of the Viet Cong by napalming EVERYTHING" theory of antineoplastic chemical warfare.
Blog text (18) -
What I am trying to figure out is what Gonzalo's purpose is here in doing the amateur hour Sigmund Freud act and subtly napalming Julian Assange?
Blog text (1) -
You have the jungle getting napalmed, kind of like Mike Napoli napalming Angels pitching on Sunday (3-for-3 in the second game of the doubleheader with 2 home runs, 1 double, 6 RBI) to essentially end the Angels' season.
Blog text (32) -
The military decided to napalm the enemy's fortifications to ensure the area was completely destroyed.
Synonyms
To attack a place by dropping explosive devices from planes
To destroy something completely, often using a nuclear bomb
To attack a place by throwing a bomb that starts fires
To blow up something using a strong explosive used to break rock
Make people homeless by destroying their homes with bombs
To destroy a city or area using a very powerful nuclear bomb
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb napalm comes from the same name and means 'to attack or burn something using napalm', so to napalm a place is to destroy it by fire with that sticky, burning fuel.