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INCENDIARY FIRE [4 records]

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Record 1 2020-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
CONT

Most incendiary devices(any device designed and used to start a fire) leave evidence of their existence...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

La plupart des dispositifs incendiaires (tout dispositif utilisé pour allumer un feu) laissent des traces de leur utilisation […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy (Physics)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

The primary lethal or non-lethal effect produced by firing a weapon or ammunition.

OBS

Fire is a collective noun that includes blast, the scattering of incendiary elements and the discharge of rounds or shrapnel, regardless of the weapon or ammunition of origin. Fire also includes, for example, illumination or smoke from illumination or smoke ammunition.

OBS

fire: term to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie (Physique)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Effet primaire, létal ou non létal, produit par le tir d'armes ou de munitions.

OBS

Le terme «feu» est un nom collectif qui désigne à la fois le souffle, la dispersion d'éléments incendiaires et la décharge de coups ou de shrapnel, peu importe l'arme ou la munition utilisée. Il peut désigner aussi, entre autres, l'éclat ou la fumée des munitions éclairantes ou fumigènes.

OBS

feu : terme d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bombs and Grenades
OBS

incendiary bomb; fire bomb : terms extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bombes et grenades
OBS

bombe incendiaire : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

A wildfire willfully ignited by anyone to burn or spread to vegetation or property not owned or controlled by that person and without consent of the owner or the owner’s agent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Incendie de forêt allumé volontairement par désir de nuire, de se venger ou par appât du gain.

Spanish

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