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/ˈnāˌpä(l)m/,
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A highly flammable sticky jelly used in incendiary bombs and flamethrowers, consisting of gasoline thickened with special soaps,
  1. Attack with bombs containing napalm

Noun
  1. A highly flammable sticky jelly used in incendiary bombs and flamethrowers, consisting of gasoline thickened with special soaps

  1. gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flamethrowers
  2. Napalm (naphthenic and palmitic acids) is a thickening/gelling agent generally mixed with gasoline or a similar fuel for use in military operations. The term napalm is a combination of the names of its derivatives (coprecipitated aluminum salts of naphthenic, and palmitic acids). ...
  3. A highly flammable, viscous substance, (designed to stick to the body while burning), used in warfare to cause widespread death and destruction, especially in wooded areas; To spray or attack an area using such substance
  4. jellied gasoline used extensively in incendiary bombs during the Vietnam War.
  5. A jellied gasoline that when dispersed by flame thrower or by bombs would stick to a surface as it burned. This was used directly against enemy soldiers and as a way to destroy foliage in order to expose enemy troops.
  6. a jellied petroleum substance which burns fiercely, and is used as a weapon against personnel.
  7. An acronym derived from naphtehnic and palmitic acids whose salts are used in its manufacture. NAPALM is a jellied gasoline used in flame throwers, fougasses and aerial bombs.
  8. Jellied gasoline dropped from aircraft that ignited with devastating effect.
  9. Incendiary, such as gelled gasoline, used in Vietnam by the French and the Americans using flame throwers and dropping in bombs from aircraft to serves as a defoliant and as an antipersonnel weapon.
  10. Thickened gasoline. Resembles Jell-O in bombs, maple syrup in a Zippo-track
  11. Jelly-like gasoline enclosed in bombs dropped by an airplane. It sticks to whatever it lands on and burns for a long time.
  12. any of several materials that convert combustible liquids such as gasoline to a congealed state. By extension, the resultant gel itself is now called napalm.
  13. Highly flammable chemical dropped from US planes in firebombing attacks during the Vietnam War.