See also: water bomb

English

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Etymology

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From water +‎ bomb.

Verb

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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[1]:
      Four aircraft - including two air cranes - are currently waterbombing the area, [] .

Noun

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waterbomb (plural waterbombs)

  1. Alternative form of water bomb