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fire bomb
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fire bomb [′fīr ‚bäm]
(ordnance)
An item designed to be dropped from an aircraft to destroy or reduce the utility of a target by the effects of combustion.


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She also served as co-counsel against the ``Alphabet Bomber,'' Muharem Kurbegovic, so named because of firebombs he set off in alphabetical order -- beginning at the airport and then at a bus station and other targets.
Washington think tanks, where "inside the Beltway" wisdom is often manufactured, have a liberal reputation that probably dates back to Richard Nixon's declaration that he wanted to firebomb the Brookings Institution.
In fact, the Asian-owned grocery store, called Bill's Market, was the target of the firebomb that destroyed Mathieu's buildings.
 
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