Napalmlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of napalm.

    "Troubled by testimony showing support for Nazis, gang connections and plans for violence, a federal judge ordered a Liberty University student held without bond on a charge of possessing a napalmlike bomb that the authorities found the night before the Rev. Jerry Falwell ’s funeral."

Example

More examples

"Troubled by testimony showing support for Nazis, gang connections and plans for violence, a federal judge ordered a Liberty University student held without bond on a charge of possessing a napalmlike bomb that the authorities found the night before the Rev. Jerry Falwell ’s funeral."

Etymology

From napalm + -like.

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