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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Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Wiener added that police also found recipes for napalm, thermite grenades, fertilizer bombs, black powder and molotov cocktails.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 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
Man explains that he was burned by napalm on the Day of Liberation and injects himself with morphine daily.
—Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Wiener added that police also found recipes for napalm, thermite grenades, fertilizer bombs, black powder and molotov cocktails.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 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 7 Jul. 2024.
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