noun
- an explosive device with incendiary effects.
verb (used with object)
- to attack with a firebomb or firebombs.
noun
- another name for incendiary (def. 6)
verb
- (tr) to attack with incendiary bombs
1895, from fire (n.) + bomb (n.). As a verb, from 1950 as an act of vandalism or terrorism, from 1941 as a military aviation tactic. Related: Firebombed; firebombing.