Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "firebomb" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

battle car riot terrorist's home terrorists workshop war zone

Derived Terms

firebomb a Walmart firebomber

Derived From

bomb fire

Has Property

destructive and frightening very dangerous very simple and cheap to make

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bomb bomb bombard

Type Of (IsA)

destructive weapon device

Manner Of

bombard

Related Terms

fire incendiary weapon

Synonym Network

incendiary bomb

Used For

blow up meeting hall blowing things up burn things burning many things cause destruction causing fire causing great damage committing terrorism destroy enemies destroy large area destroying things destuction killing people set on fire explosively spreading destruction starting fire weapon for terrorists wreaking havoc

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.