[
US
/ˈfaɪɝˌbɑm, ˈfaɪɹˌbɑm/
]
[ UK /fˈaɪəbɒm/ ]
[ UK /fˈaɪəbɒm/ ]
VERB
-
attack with incendiary bombs
The rioters fire-bombed the stores
NOUN
- a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
How To Use firebomb In A Sentence
- The catch is that fundamentalist zealots have been firebombing their liquor stores in the cities.
- Protestors firebombed the embassy building yesterday.
- The Interior Ministry blamed what it described as "seditious" residents, saying they attacked security forces with guns and firebombs and had the backing of a foreign enemy - an apparent reference to rival power Iran. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
- Fighter pilots and commanders have confirmed the use of firebombs similar to napalm during the fighting.
- Of course, the rhetoric is different, and while I'm not condoning it, there's a big difference between an ignoramus mouthing off in a pub, and firebombing someone's home.
- When he hears about an act of ecotage - a firebombing or fur protest, for instance - he'll call up the victimized company or local police agency and let them know he has information that might prove useful.
- He used more than 40 homemade firebombs to throw at the police, causing multiple explosions and flames at the scene.
- A Basildon school was firebombed three times by arsonists in a late-night attack.
- Just outside of Anniston, the Greyhound was firebombed. Remembering the Divide
- Animal rights extremists have threatened to firebomb any department stores that continue to stock fur coats.