Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to firebomb
Participle: firebombed
Gerund: firebombing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | firebomb |
| you | firebomb |
| he;she;it | firebombs |
| we | firebomb |
| you | firebomb |
| they | firebomb |
Perfect
| I | have firebombed |
| you | have firebombed |
| he;she;it | has firebombed |
| we | have firebombed |
| you | have firebombed |
| they | have firebombed |
Past
| I | firebombed |
| you | firebombed |
| he;she;it | firebombed |
| we | firebombed |
| you | firebombed |
| they | firebombed |
Pluperfect
| I | had firebombed |
| you | had firebombed |
| he;she;it | had firebombed |
| we | had firebombed |
| you | had firebombed |
| they | had firebombed |
Future
| I | will firebomb |
| you | will firebomb |
| he;she;it | will firebomb |
| we | will firebomb |
| you | will firebomb |
| they | will firebomb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have firebombed |
| you | will have firebombed |
| he;she;it | will have firebombed |
| we | will have firebombed |
| you | will have firebombed |
| they | will have firebombed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | firebomb |
| you | firebomb |
| he;she;it | firebomb |
| we | firebomb |
| you | firebomb |
| they | firebomb |
Perfect
| I | have firebombed |
| you | have firebombed |
| he;she;it | have firebombed |
| we | have firebombed |
| you | have firebombed |
| they | have firebombed |
Imperfect
| I | firebombed |
| you | firebombed |
| he;she;it | firebombed |
| we | firebombed |
| you | firebombed |
| they | firebombed |
Pluperfect
| I | had firebombed |
| you | had firebombed |
| he;she;it | had firebombed |
| we | had firebombed |
| you | had firebombed |
| they | had firebombed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would firebomb |
| you | would firebomb |
| he;she;it | would firebomb |
| we | would firebomb |
| you | would firebomb |
| they | would firebomb |
Perfect
| I | would have firebombed |
| you | would have firebombed |
| he;she;it | would have firebombed |
| we | would have firebombed |
| you | would have firebombed |
| they | would have firebombed |
Imperative
| you | firebomb |
| we | Let's firebomb |
| you | firebomb |
Verbs conjugated like 'firebomb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'firebomb'
divebomb,
firebolt,
car-bomb,
fireball,
fireform,
firehose,
forebode,
recomb,
A-bomb,
bomb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
3. Proto-Germanic *fōr
4. Proto-West Germanic *fuir
5. Old English fȳr
6. Middle English fyr
7. English fire
8. English bomb
9. English firebomb
10. From fire + bomb.
Sample Sentences
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The rioters firebombed the parked car.
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A GOP office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, was firebombed over the weekend, with a swastika and the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” spray painted on an adjacent building, according to local officials. [2016 October 16, Eric Bradner and Adrienne Shih, “Local GOP office in North Carolina firebombed”, in CNN:]
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The next week when they firebombed the Satin Room, one of Chink Montagueʼs after-hours joints, Carney assumed the mobsters were embroiled in another war. [2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 100:]
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On Tuesday, a masked man used molotov cocktails to firebomb a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas before firing rounds into the burning vehicles. [2025 March 19, Tom Sanders, “Anti-Musk Hackers Share Names and Addresses of Tesla Owners”, in The Daily Beast:]