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flaming onion

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From its appearance after exploding.

noun flaming onions

  1. historical, slang A 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I.
  2. historical, slang The flare or tracer ammunition fired by this weapon. Allied pilots feared and loathed these, because a hit from a flaming onion instantly turned an aeroplane into an inferno.

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"flaming onion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flaming%20onion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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flaming onion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flaming%20onion

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"flaming onion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flaming%20onion.

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@misc{flaming_onion_2026,
  title = {flaming onion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flaming%20onion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}