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What (who) is Napalm$51597$ - definition
GEORGE CARLIN BOOK
Napalm & Silly Putty; More Napalm & Silly Putty; Napalm and silly putty
napalm
![Results of a napalm strike by the [[Aviation navale]] on suspected [[Viet Minh]] positions during the [[First Indochina War]], December 1953](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/French indochina napalm 1953-12 1.png?width=200 "Results of a napalm strike by the [[Aviation navale]] on suspected [[Viet Minh]] positions during the [[First Indochina War]], December 1953")
![Riverboat of the US [[Brown-water navy]] deploying an ignited napalm mixture from a riverboat-mounted [[flamethrower]] in Vietnam.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/US riverboat using napalm in Vietnam.jpg?width=200 "Riverboat of the US [[Brown-water navy]] deploying an ignited napalm mixture from a riverboat-mounted [[flamethrower]] in Vietnam.")
GELLING AGENT FOR USE IN INCENDIARY DEVICES
Nepalm; Super napalm; Napalm-B; Northick II; Napalms; Napalmed; Napalming; Naphthenate palmitate; Gelled gasoline; Jellied petrol; Jellied gasoline; Napalm B
['ne?p?:m]
¦ noun a highly flammable sticky jelly consisting of petrol thickened with special soaps, used in incendiary bombs and flame-throwers.
¦ verb attack with bombs containing napalm.
Origin
1940s: from na(phthenic) and palm(itic acid).
Napalm
GELLING AGENT FOR USE IN INCENDIARY DEVICES
Nepalm; Super napalm; Napalm-B; Northick II; Napalms; Napalmed; Napalming; Naphthenate palmitate; Gelled gasoline; Jellied petrol; Jellied gasoline; Napalm B
Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical (usually gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel). The name is a portmanteau of two of the constituents of the original thickening and gelling agents: coprecipitated aluminium salts of naphthenic acid and palmitic acid.
napalm
GELLING AGENT FOR USE IN INCENDIARY DEVICES
Nepalm; Super napalm; Napalm-B; Northick II; Napalms; Napalmed; Napalming; Naphthenate palmitate; Gelled gasoline; Jellied petrol; Jellied gasoline; Napalm B
(napalms, napalming, napalmed)
1.
Napalm is a substance containing petrol which is used to make bombs that burn people, buildings, and plants.
The government has consistently denied using napalm.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If people napalm other people or places, they attack and burn them using napalm.
Why napalm a village now?
VERB: V n
Wikipedia
Napalm and Silly Putty
Napalm and Silly Putty is a 2001 book by comedian George Carlin.
