napalm

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
napalm /ˈneɪpɑːm/

▶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).

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