Napalm Definition

nāpäm
napalmed
noun
Sodium palmitate or an aluminum soap added to gasoline or oil to form a highly flammable, jellylike substance.
Webster's New World
This substance, used in flame throwers and bombs.
Webster's New World
This jelly.
American Heritage
An incendiary mixture of gasoline or other petroleum fuel and a thickener or gel-forming agent.
American Heritage
verb
To attack or burn with napalm.
Webster's New World

Origin of Napalm

  • Formed from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acid, the two original components of the substance.

    From Wiktionary

  • na(phthenate) salt of naphthenic acid (from naphthene) palm(itate)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Napalm Sentence Examples

  • A platform which stands a few feet above napalm, torture, exploitation, poison gas, nuclear bombs, the works.

  • The US is the only country in the world still using napalm.

  • The Mirages were joined by Mystère fighters, which dropped napalm on the bridge and deck and repeatedly strafed the ship.

  • These are defining images of the Iraq war, as the little girl burnt by napalm was the defining image of the Vietnam war.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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