Meaning & use
Napalm
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A highly flammable jellied gasoline substance used in incendiary bombs and flamethrowers.
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The documentary showed the devastating effects of napalm during the war.
Napalm was developed by scientists at Harvard in the early 1940s.
A note on using this word
The name blends 'na' from naphthenic acid and 'palm' from palmitic acid, the two compounds originally used to gel the gasoline.
Another way to use it
2. verb
To attack or destroy with napalm.
Villages along the border were napalmed during the conflict.
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