firebomb a Walmart

verb

To take direct action, in the context that the threats of such action are empty.

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Meanings

verbfirebomb a Walmart (third-person singular simple present firebombs a Walmart, present participle firebombing a Walmart, simple past and past participle firebombed a Walmart)

present singular third person firebombs a Walmart · participle present firebombing a Walmart · participle past firebombed a Walmart · past firebombed a Walmart

  1. InternetderogatorygovernmentTo take direct action, in the context that the threats of such action are empty.

    Looks like someone finally firebombed the Walmart

    2024 July 13, @getfiscal, X (post), archived from the original on 14 Jul 2024
    3 more examples

    People on twitter will really be like 'you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a Walmart' and then not firebomb a Walmart

    2023 November 3, @LinkofSunshine, X (post)

    Men will literally firebomb a WalMart instead of going to therapy

    2024 April 28, @CartoonsHateHer, X (post), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024

    Liberals are always taunting communists about when we will "firebomb a walmart" in protest, and this is when it would actually happen, but by liberals lol

    2024 November 10, @mrs_socialista, X (post), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2024

Origin

From an X (formerly Twitter) post by @LinkofSunshine in November 2023 (see first quotation). Popularized as an Internet meme in 2024. Usage increased with the Democratic Party's presidential campaign and their subsequent loss in 2024.

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APA

firebomb a Walmart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firebomb%20a%20Walmart

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“firebomb a Walmart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firebomb%20a%20Walmart. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firebomb a Walmart,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firebomb%20a%20Walmart.

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