petrol bombingn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtr(ə)lbɒmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛtrəlˌbɑmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petrol n., bombing n.

Etymology: < petrol n. + bombing n., after petrol bomb n. Compare petrol-bomb v.

The action of throwing a petrol bomb; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > [noun] > use of bombs > specific type

firebombing1935

letter bombing1947

plastic-bombing1961

petrol bombing1963

1963 Times 23 Feb. 7/4 Sir Edgar Whitehead, said that unless the Government dropped the provision making the death sentence for petrol bombing compulsory, the Opposition ‘..will fight this Bill clause by clause to the bitter end’.

1994 R. G. MacCallum Tongs Ya Bas 158 One small claim to fame..was the (supposed) petrol bombing of one of the old style police boxes.

2004 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 Apr. 3 A man accused of a racist petrol bombing at a shop has denied being a Nazi sympathiser.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petrol bombing
释义	petrol bombingn. Brit. /ˈpɛtr(ə)lbɒmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛtrəlˌbɑmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petrol n., bombing n. Etymology: < petrol n. + bombing n., after petrol bomb n. Compare petrol-bomb v. The action of throwing a petrol bomb; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > [noun] > use of bombs > specific type firebombing1935 letter bombing1947 plastic-bombing1961 petrol bombing1963 1963 Times 23 Feb. 7/4 Sir Edgar Whitehead, said that unless the Government dropped the provision making the death sentence for petrol bombing compulsory, the Opposition ‘..will fight this Bill clause by clause to the bitter end’. 1994 R. G. MacCallum Tongs Ya Bas 158 One small claim to fame..was the (supposed) petrol bombing of one of the old style police boxes. 2004 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 Apr. 3 A man accused of a racist petrol bombing at a shop has denied being a Nazi sympathiser. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963
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