Napalm

Definition: Napalm

Napalm

Noun

1. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps; highly incendiary liquid used in fire bombs and flame throwers.

Crosswords: Napalm

Non-English Usage: "Napalm" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (napalm), Czech (napalm), French (napalm), German (napalm), Hungarian (napalm), Italian (napalm), Romanian (napalm), Serbo-Croatian (napalm), Spanish (napalm), Swedish (napalm).

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Specialty Definition: Napalm

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Napalm is a flammable substance used in warfare. It is based on gasoline, but gasoline burns itself too quickly to be useful as an incendiary weapon in bombs or flamethrowers. The chemical reaction is moderated by a powder of naphthene and palmitate (thus napalm), forming a soap-like substance. The relative amount of powder changes the burning properties, and is varied for flamethrowers and bombs. Napalm-B is an improved variant of napalm, made from benzene and polystyrene. It was known for the particular smell it made while burning.

The mixture was invented at Harvard University in 1942. It was used during World War II by the Allied Forces against cities in Japan, and later by the United States during the Vietnam War.

The use of Napalm and other incendiaries against civilian populations was banned by a United Nations convention in 1980 [1]. The United States didn't sign the agreement but claimed to have destroyed its arsenal in 2001.

The United States has reportedly been using Napalm in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. [1] In August 03 the Pentagon stopped denying the charge, admitting it did use "Mark 77 firebombs"

"We napalmed both those [bridge] approaches," said Colonel James Alles, commander of Marine Air Group 11. "Unfortunately there were people there ... you could see them in the [cockpit] video. They were Iraqi soldiers. It's no great way to die. The generals love napalm. It has a big psychological effect."

These bombs contain a substance "remarkably similar" to Napalm. This substance is made with kerosene and polystyrene. [1]

A generic form of napalm can be produced with gasoline and polystyrene.

See also : Agent Orange

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Napalm."

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Modern Usage: Napalm

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I love the smell of napalm in the morning. (Apocalypse Now; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr, John Milius) Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. (Apocalypse Now; writing credit: John Milius ; Francis Ford Coppola)
Lyrics	Innocents raped with napalm fire ("21st CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN"; performing artist: King Crimson)
Movie/TV Titles	Alice Has Discovered the Napalm Bomb (1969) Wilder Napalm (1993)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Napalm

Domain	Title
Books	Car Wars Division 5 Set 3: Napalm Vs. Dagger (reference) Fighting Fire With Napalm! (reference) More Napalm & Silly Putty [ABRIDGED] (reference) Napalm & Silly Putty 2002 Day-To-Day Calendar [BOX CALENDAR] (reference) Song of Napalm (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Napalm Death: Punishment in Capitals (reference) Napalm Death: Live Corruption (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Napalm Springs (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Napalm

"Napalm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.35% of the time. "Napalm" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	82.35%	28	65,706
Lexical Verb (base form)	8.82%	3	202,518
Noun (proper)	5.88%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.94%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	34	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Napalm

Expressions using "napalm": napalm bomb ♦ napalm bombing. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "napalm": ex-napalm.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Napalm

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
napalm death	197
napalm	191
ftp napalm	59
make napalm	47
ftp indexer napalm	21
napalm record	17
indexer napalm	17
bomb napalm	15
napalm picture	10
homemade napalm	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Napalm

Language		Translations for "napalm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		napalmi, napalm. (various references)

Arabic		‏ناب المقنبلة, ‏النيبم مادة متفجرة شديدة الإلتهاب. (various references)

Bulgarian		напалмов, напалм. (various references)

Chinese		凝固汽油. (various references)

Czech		napalm, bombardovat napalmem. (various references)

Farsi		ماده تغلیظبنزین وتهیه بمب اتش زا, بمب اتشزا. (various references)

French		napalm. (various references)

German		napalm. (various references)

Greek		ναπάλμ, πηκτή γκαζολίνη. (various references)

Hungarian		napalm. (various references)

Italian		napalm. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ナトリウ� 灯 (10^-9, a billionth of a second, nano-, nanosecond, Navaho, ns, sodium-vapor lamp). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ナパー� . (various references)

Korean		네이팜. (various references)

Manx		gleiy loshtee. (various references)

Pig Latin		apalmnay.(various references)

Portuguese		cochilar (doze, drop off, drowse, nap, nodal, slumber). (various references)

Romanian		napalm. (various references)

Russian		напалм. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		napalm. (various references)

Spanish		napalm. (various references)

Swedish		napalm. (various references)

Thai		สารคล้ายวุ้นซึ่งติ�"ไฟง่าย (มักใช้ในการทำระเบิ�"เพลิง), ทิ้งระเบิ�"เพลิง. (various references)

Turkish		napâlm. (various references)

Ukranian		напалмовий, напалм. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Napalm

Derivations
	Words beginning with "napalm": napalmed, napalming, napalms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Napalm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aapam, Anupam, Hapoalim, naam, Na'am, Nabaglo, nabal, nahal, napal, napel, napely, napil, naplam, napom, nappa, Nespelem. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Napalm

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-n-p"
	-2 letters: alan, alma, anal, lama, lamp, mana, palm, plan.
	-3 letters: aal, ala, alp, ama, amp, ana, lam, lap, man, map, nam, nap, pal, pam, pan.
	-4 letters: aa, al, am, an, la, ma, na, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-n-p"
	+1 letter: napalms.
	+2 letters: napalmed, placeman, tympanal.
	+3 letters: campanile, campanili, campanula, manipular, melphalan, nameplate, napalming, palmation, patrolman, plainsman, plantsman, rampantly, swampland.
	+4 letters: campaniles, campanulas, elecampane, manipulate, melphalans, menopausal, nameplates, palmations, paranormal, parliament, phantasmal, plasmagene, playmaking, swamplands.
	+5 letters: apartmental, campanology, campanulate, complainant, complaisant, elecampanes, implantable, kleptomania, malapropian, manipulable, manipulated, manipulates, manipulator, paramountly, paranormals, parenchymal, parliaments, paternalism, patrimonial, planetarium, plasmagenes, platemaking, playmakings.
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