Firebombing

Synonyms for "firebombing" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
aerial incendiary attackarson attackbomb

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
criminal arsonfirebombfirebombs

Related words (5)

Noun(5 words)
illicit bombardmentincendiary bombingincendiary raidunlawful attackwar crime designation

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More general

9 entries
attackbombingcriminal actinternational law conceptmilitary actionmilitary ethicsproperty crimetacticsviolent act

More specific

12 entries
Dresden firebombingHamburg firebombingTokyo firebombingaerial firebombingarea bombingchurch arsonincendiary raidprinciple of distinctionresidential arsonstrategic bombingwar crime designationwarehouse arson

Collocations

11 entries
Dresden firebombingTokyo firebombingaerial firebombingcivilian casualtiesdeliberate firebombingfirebombing campaignincendiary bombingincendiary bombsmass firebombingtargeted firebombingurban firebombing

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

On November 9, anti-abortion crusader Curtis Beseda confessed in U.S. District Court to three successive firebombings that destroyed the Feminist Women's Health Center in Everett, Wash., and to torching a doctor's clinic in nearby Bellingham.

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A Queens man who faces charges related to five firebombings in the New York City metropolitan area is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation, authorities said late Tuesday.

Source: wiktionary

The horrors Nihei saw that night were the result of Operation Meetinghouse, the deadliest of a series of firebombing air raids on Tokyo by the United States Army Air Forces, between February and May 1945.

Source: wiktionary

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