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Napalm

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na⋅palm

  [ney-pahm]
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–noun
1. a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
–verb (used with object)
2. to drop bombs containing napalm on (troops, a city, or the like).
Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; na(phthene) + palm(itate)
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na·palm   (nā'päm')   
n.  

    1. An aluminum soap of various fatty acids that when mixed with gasoline makes a firm jelly used in some bombs and in flamethrowers.

    2. This jelly.

  2. An incendiary mixture of polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline.


[na(phthenate), salt of naphthenic acid (from naphthene) + palm(itate).]
na'palm' v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

napalm 
1942, from na(phthenic) palm(itic) acids, used in manufacture of the chemical that thickens gasoline. The verb is 1950, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
napalm
naphthene + palmitate
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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