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napalm
[ney-pahm]
noun
a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
verb (used with object)
to drop bombs containing napalm on (troops, a city, or the like).
napalm
/ ˈneɪpɑːm, ˈnæ- /
noun
a thick and highly incendiary liquid, usually consisting of petrol gelled with aluminium soaps, used in firebombs, flame-throwers, etc
verb
(tr) to attack with napalm
napalm
A firm jelly made by mixing gasoline with aluminum salts (made of fatty acids). It is used in some bombs and in flamethrowers. Napalm was developed during World War II.
Word History and Origins
Origin of napalm1
Word History and Origins
Origin of napalm1
Example Sentences
Particularly feared by civilians was the use of napalm bombs, with more than 400,000 tons of the thickened petroleum used during the war.
So if you get asked a tough question about Biden and Gaza or whatever, you respond: "'s the Republican policy in Gaza? It'd be to napalm Gaza and erect a Trump Tower."
He cited a line from the film “Apocalypse Now”: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning!”
Buell made the crucial decision in 1972 to run Ut’s photo of a naked young girl fleeing her village after being torched by napalm dropped by South Vietnamese Air Force aircraft.
In their typical self-aggrandizing style, a Trump campaign member told Semafor they plan on "dropping napalm after napalm on his head reminding the public of his very liberal views."
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