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How to pronounce “napalm”
Hear “napalm” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for napalm
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of napalm with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Lisa Margonelli: The political chemistry of oil 18 minutes
and you see two sandwich baggies of napalm.
- Definition summary
- A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942[1]]
Example 1 of 1
How to pronounce napalm
Lisa Margonelli: The political chemistry of oil 18 minutes

and you see two sandwich baggies of napalm.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “napalm”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942[1]]
- (figurative) Anything very incendiary; dynamite.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To spray or attack with napalm. [from 1950[1]]
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