1
: a thickener consisting of a mixture of aluminum soaps used in jelling gasoline (as for incendiary bombs)
2
: fuel jelled with napalm
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The United States used napalm to burn much of Japan’s capital to the ground in World War II’s infamous Tokyo fire raids.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2022
That bridge was napalmed with Antonio Brown’s gameday tweet on Robert Kraft.
—Albert Breer, SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
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Noun
Thermite is just one type of incendiary weapon, with others including napalm and white phosphorus.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The United States used napalm to burn much of Japan’s capital to the ground in World War II’s infamous Tokyo fire raids.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
Verb
In 1980, the United Nations banned the use of weapons like napalm against civilians, but these regulations don’t apply on the battlefield.
—Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2022
That bridge was napalmed with Antonio Brown’s gameday tweet on Robert Kraft.
—Albert Breer, SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
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“Napalm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/napalm. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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