liquid fire

noun

1. flaming petroleum or the like, as employed against an enemy in warfare.

liquid fire

noun

1. inflammable petroleum or other liquid used as a weapon of war in flamethrowers, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of liquid fire¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Vile aniseed brandy—liquid fire—was sold cheap, and many a man who began the day cool and sober ended it as a raving madman.

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The yell of triumph and joy which arose from the walls of the fortress seemed to turn my blood into liquid fire.

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The bottle, however, did not contain soda, but what may well be termed "liquid fire."

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What a wild and spectacular condition existed while the river, deep in the cañon, received these tributaries of liquid fire!

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It was the invention of the seventh century, and was long used with terrific effect by the Greeks, who called it the liquid fire.

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