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INCENDIARY BOMB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incendiary bomb mean? 

INCENDIARY BOMB (noun)
  The noun INCENDIARY BOMB has 1 sense:

1. a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)play

  Familiarity information: INCENDIARY BOMB used as a noun is very rare.


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INCENDIARY BOMB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

firebomb; incendiary; incendiary bomb

Hypernyms ("incendiary bomb" is a kind of...):

bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)


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