A flammable jelly-like substance used in bombs and flamethrowers that sticks to things and burns extremely hot.
A portmanteau created during World War II, combining 'naphthenic acid' and 'palmitic acid,' the two main chemical components of this incendiary material.
Napalm was invented in 1942 and became horrifyingly famous during the Vietnam War—one photograph of a napalm-burned girl running naked down a road became one of the most powerful anti-war images in history.
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