The term “explosive or incendiary device” means (A) dynamite and all other forms of high explosives, (B) any explosive bomb, grenade, missile, or similar device, and (C) any incendiary bomb or grenade, fire bomb, or similar device, including any device which (i) consists of or includes a breakable container including a flammable liquid or compound, and a wick composed of any material which, when ignited, is capable of igniting such flammable liquid or compound, and (ii) can be carried or thrown by one individual acting alone.
Cornell law.
Incendiary device means any firebomb, and any device designed or specially adapted to cause physical harm to persons or property by means of fire, and consisting of an incendiary substance or agency and a means to ignite it.
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The Israeli military said three suspects hurled a firebomb at forces operating near the barrier, who responded with live fire.
— Joseph Krauss, ajc, 2 June 2022
Police said a firebomb thrown by one of the protesters set a carpet outside the mosque on fire, but it was quickly extinguished.
— Ilan Ben Zion, ajc, 20 Apr. 2022
Miriam Webster for the two obsessed with a definition and not how I used the word as an action not a thing. But you’ve established that context matters not. The name calling is a nice touch, always the sure sign of a verbal victory.