explosive incendiary bomb

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• incendiary bomb — explosive designed to set fire to targets, Molotov cocktail …   English contemporary dictionary

• Incendiary device — Incendiary devices or incendiary bombs are bombs designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using materials such as napalm, thermite, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus. Development and useIncendiary devices have been used… …   Wikipedia

• Incendiary ammunition — contains a compound that burns rapidly and causes fires.cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/bullets.htm|title=Bullets for Beginners|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org|accessdate=2008 04 11] World WarsOne of the first… …   Wikipedia

• bomb — [bäm] n. [Fr bombe < It bomba; prob. < L bombus, a buzzing < Gr bombos, deep and hollow sound: orig. echoic] 1. a container filled with an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical for dropping or hurling, or for detonating by a timing… …   English World dictionary

• bomb — bombable, adj. /bom/, n. 1. Mil. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 2. any similar missile or… …   Universalium

• bomb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [bomb]shell; slang, flop (See failure). See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. weapon, missile, high explosive, charge, bombshell, grenade; see also explosive , mine 2 , nuclear bomb , shell 2 . Types of… …   English dictionary for students

• bomb — n. 1) to detonate, explode, set off; drop; fuse a bomb 2) to plant a bomb 3) to deactivate, defuse a bomb 4) to dispose of an unexploded bomb 5) an atom, atomic, fission, nuclear; fusion, hydrogen; neutron bomb 6) a clean; dirty bomb 7) a buzz;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• bomb — Synonyms and related words: A bomb, Grand Guignol, H bomb, Passion play, Tom show, aerial bomb, antimasque, antipersonnel bomb, astonishment, atom bomb, atomic bomb, audience success, ballet, batter, be a gas, be a hit, bill, blast, blitz,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• bomb — n. & v. n. 1 a a container with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, or gas etc., designed to explode on impact or by means of a time mechanism or remote control device. b an ordinary object fitted with an explosive device (letter bomb). 2… …   Useful english dictionary

• bomb — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge, large, massive ▪ small ▪ cluster, fire (usually firebomb) …   Collocations dictionary

• bomb — 1. noun 1) they saw bombs bursting on the runway Syn: explosive, incendiary (device); missile, projectile; dated blockbuster, bombshell 2) countries with the bomb Syn: nuclear weapons, nuclear bombs, atom bombs, A bombs 3) informal …   Thesaurus of popular words