waterbomb

See also: water bomb

English

Etymology

water +‎ bomb

Verb

waterbomb (third-person singular simple present waterbombs, present participle waterbombing, simple past and past participle waterbombed)

Firefighting aircraft, like this Canadair CL-415, are designed to waterbomb wildfires with large amount of water and fire retardants.
  1. To drop large quantities of water (onto a fire) from the air
    • 2009 January 13, Staff writers, “Victoria swelters while Port Lincoln, South Australia and Sydney burn”, in Herald-Sun‎:
      Four aircraft - including two air cranes - are currently waterbombing the area, […] .

Noun

waterbomb (plural waterbombs)

  1. Alternative form of water bomb
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