Usually means: Intense bombing using incendiary devices.
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  1. firebombing: Merriam-Webster
  2. firebombing: Vocabulary.com
  3. Firebombing, firebombing: Wordnik
  4. firebombing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. firebombing: Wiktionary
  6. firebombing: Dictionary.com
  7. firebombing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. Firebombing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. firebombing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (firebombing)

▸ noun:  An attack with a firebomb.

Similar:
firebomber, terrorbombing, bombing, fire grenade, bombarding, fire, superbombardment, shellfire, torching, carpet bomb, more...

Opposite:
firefighting, extinguishing, quenching

Types:
incendiary, napalm, thermite, molotov cocktail, more...

Phrases:
University of Washington firebombing incident, more...

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Similar:
firebomber, terrorbombing, bombing, fire grenade, bombarding, fire, superbombardment, shellfire, torching, carpet bomb, more...

Opposite:
firefighting, extinguishing, quenching

Types:
incendiary, napalm, thermite, molotov cocktail, more...

Phrases:
University of Washington firebombing incident, more...



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