单词 | firebomber |
释义 | firebombern. 1. An aircraft equipped to drop water or other substances onto a fire as a firefighting measure. Also occasionally: a member of the crew of such an aircraft. Cf. water bomber n. at water n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for other specific uses ambulance aeroplane1915 ambulance airplane1918 ambulance plane1918 air ambulance1920 firebomber1938 crop-duster1939 grasshopper1939 water bomber1956 weather plane1962 bird dog1965 1938 Rapid City (Manitoba) Reporter 24 Feb. 3/5 James Duncan, inventor of a fireplane..has constructed a fire bomber which carries a trained crew of four men..and bomb racks containing fire-destroying gases and chemicals. 1982 Flying Mag. Sept. 70/2 A B-17 fire bomber groundlooped into a ditch at the side of the north-south runway at Bear Pen. 1994 S. Matheson Flying Frontiers v.106 The firefighters still wear blue jeans—although some might wear orange coveralls so they can be seen by the fire-bombers. 2015 Naracoorte (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Letters section) With guidance from the spotter plane and ground personnel, fire bombers made very effective drops which slowed the fire front. 2. A person who throws a firebomb; one who attacks or destroys with firebombs. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > one who lays or operates mines or bombs > [noun] mine master1598 petarder1611 petardier1632 miner1692 springer1860 explosionist1868 dynamitard1882 dynamitist1882 dynamiter1883 dynamiteur1883 bomb-thrower1891 bomber1915 car bomber1919 letter bomber1947 firebomber1957 plastiqueur1961 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > terrorism > [noun] > terrorist > using explosives explosionist1868 dynamitard1882 dynamitist1882 dynamiter1883 dynamiteur1883 firebomber1957 plastiqueur1961 petrol bomber1971 1957 News-Palladium (Mich.) 21 June 1/3 (heading) Fire bomber faces mental examination. 1971 Jrnl. Senate Wisconsin 19 Jan. 83 The damage..was caused by the fire bomber. 1998 T. Geraghty Irish War (2000) 382 Cumann na mBan: Women's IRA; used as fire-bombers, bomb-makers, intelligence officers and couriers. 2014 Tamworth (Staffs.) Herald (Nexis) 10 Apr. A..fire bomber who threw a homemade Molotov cocktail at a house full of party guests in Tamworth has been jailed. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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