waterbomb

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verb

To drop large quantities of water onto (a fire) from the air.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person waterbombs · participle present waterbombing · participle past waterbombed · past waterbombed

  1. transitiveTo drop large quantities of water onto (a fire) from the air.

    Four aircraft - including two air cranes - are currently waterbombing the area, […].

    2009 January 13, Staff writers, “Victoria swelters while Port Lincoln, South Australia and Sydney burn”, in Herald-Sun
nounwaterbomb (plural waterbombs)

plural waterbombs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of water bomb.

Origin

From water + bomb.

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APA

waterbomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterbomb

MLA

“waterbomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterbomb. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waterbomb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterbomb.

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