waterbomb

See also: water bomb

English

Etymology

From water +‎ bomb.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) 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

waterbomb (plural waterbombs)

  1. Alternative form of water bomb.
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