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How to pronounce firebomb in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms incendiary, incendiary bomb
Type of bomb
Type Words
Type of bomb, bombard

Examples of firebomb

firebomb
The owner picked up the feather bed and threw it into the garden, firebomb and all.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He was on a plane that attempted to firebomb the Presidential Palace in Haiti in 1969.
From the sacbee.com
The 12 died when an IRA firebomb set the hotel alight on 17 February 1978.
From the guardian.co.uk
A group of gawking Palestinian youths offers to help make a good firebomb.
From the time.com
On July 2, 1954, a firebomb rattled a post office in Alexandria, Egypt.
From the newsweek.com
A protester gets close to a firebomb during the general strike in Athens.
From the washingtonpost.com
To firebomb the house of a UCLA scientist whose work includes experimenting on animals?
From the latimes.com
At one point, a firebomb hit a military jeep and soldiers rushed to extinguish the fire.
From the suntimes.com
This week began with firebomb attacks on synagogues in the suburbs of Paris and Strasbourg.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the stores"
  • Incendiary bomb: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
  • The second season of Alias premiered September 29, 2002 on ABC and concluded May 4, 2003 and was released on DVD in region 1 on December 2, 2003. Guest stars in season two include David Carradine, Ethan Hawke, Richard Lewis, Christian Slater, and Danny Trejo. ...
  • Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices, rather than from the blast effect of large bombs.
  • (Firebombing) The deployment of incendiary bombs against cities as part of a strategic air offensive. These bombs create huge fires with hurricane force winds that destroy large parts of the cities targeted. ...