Look up: napalm

1. napalm
   [n] - gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps
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2. napalm
   Fuel used in flamethrowers and incendiary bombs. Produced from jellied petrol, it is a mixture of naphthenic and palmitic acids. Napalm causes extensive burns because it sticks to the skin even when...
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3. napalm
   noun gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flame throwers
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4. napalm
   the aluminum salt or soap of a mixture of naphthenic and aliphatic carboxylic acids (organic acids of which the molecular structures contain rings ... [4 related articles]
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5. napalm
   napalm (nā'päm) , incendiary material developed during World War II by Harvard scientists cooperating with the U.S. army and used in bombs and flame throwers. Napalm is based on a mixture of gasoline, sometimes mixed with other petroleum fuels, and a thickening agent. The thickener, t...
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6. Napalm
   Napalm is a fuel used in incendiary bombs and flame throwers. It is produced from jellied petrol, and is a mixture of naphthenic and palmitic acids.
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7. napalm
   Fuel used in flamethrowers and incendiary bombs. Produced from jellied petrol, it is a mixture of naphthenic and palmitic acids. Napalm causes extensive burns because it sticks to the skin even when aflame. It was widely used by the US Army during the Vietnam War, and by Serb forces in the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina
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8. Napalm
   `Napalm` is a thickening/gelling agent generally mixed with gasoline or a similar fuel for use in military operations—primarily as an anti-personnel weapon. The term napalm is from what was originally thought to be its composition: sodium (Na) palmitate. As it turned out, the sodium pa...
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