napalm

na·palm  (n??päm?)n.1. a. An aluminum soap of various fatty acids that when mixed with gasoline makes a firm jelly used in some bombs and in flamethrowers.b. This jelly.2. An incendiary mixture of gasoline or other petroleum fuel and a thickener or gel-forming agent.[na(phthenate), salt of naphthenic acid (from naphthene) + palm(itate).]na?palm? v.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.napalm (?ne?p??m; ?næ-) n1. (Military) a thick and highly incendiary liquid, usually consisting of petrol gelled with aluminium soaps, used in firebombs, flame-throwers, etc2. (Elements & Compounds) a thick and highly incendiary liquid, usually consisting of petrol gelled with aluminium soaps, used in firebombs, flame-throwers, etcvb (Military) (tr) to attack with napalm[C20: from na(phthene) + palm(itate)]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014na?palm (?ne? p?m) n. 1. a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc. v.t. 2. to bomb or attack with napalm. [1940?45; na (phthene) + palm(itate) a salt of palmitic acid] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.napalm1. Powdered aluminum soap or similar compound used to gelatinize oil or gasoline for use in napalm bombs or flame throwers.2. The resultant gelatinized substance.Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.napalmPast participle: napalmedGerund: napalmingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativenapalmnapalmPresentI napalmyou napalmhe/she/it napalmswe napalmyou napalmthey napalmPreteriteI napalmedyou napalmedhe/she/it napalmedwe napalmedyou napalmedthey napalmedPresent ContinuousI am napalmingyou are napalminghe/she/it is napalmingwe are napalmingyou are napalmingthey are napalmingPresent PerfectI have napalmedyou have napalmedhe/she/it has napalmedwe have napalmedyou have napalmedthey have napalmedPast ContinuousI was napalmingyou were napalminghe/she/it was napalmingwe were napalmingyou were napalmingthey were napalmingPast PerfectI had napalmedyou had napalmedhe/she/it had napalmedwe had napalmedyou had napalmedthey had napalmedFutureI will napalmyou will napalmhe/she/it will napalmwe will napalmyou will napalmthey will napalmFuture PerfectI will have napalmedyou will have napalmedhe/she/it will have napalmedwe will have napalmedyou will have napalmedthey will have napalmedFuture ContinuousI will be napalmingyou will be napalminghe/she/it will be napalmingwe will be napalmingyou will be napalmingthey will be napalmingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been napalmingyou have been napalminghe/she/it has been napalmingwe have been napalmingyou have been napalmingthey have been napalmingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been napalmingyou will have been napalminghe/she/it will have been napalmingwe will have been napalmingyou will have been napalmingthey will have been napalmingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been napalmingyou had been napalminghe/she/it had been napalmingwe had been napalmingyou had been napalmingthey had been napalmingConditionalI would napalmyou would napalmhe/she/it would napalmwe would napalmyou would napalmthey would napalmPast ConditionalI would have napalmedyou would have napalmedhe/she/it would have napalmedwe would have napalmedyou would have napalmedthey would have napalmedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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