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- noun A
fireship designed to explode devastatingly
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Examples
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Class two hellburner went up ten minutes after the conference started, the part that everyone was required to attend.
The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987
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I have no choice but to believe that the hellburner used on Iredesium had to come from New Glascow.
The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987
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An image crossed his mind, of another man, retching out his guts at the results of a hellburner blast.
The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987
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If they don't, we will drop a - hellburner, and then we will pick out another city and = summon it to surrender.
Space Viking Piper, H. Beam 1963
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If they don't, we will drop a hellburner, and then we will pick out another city and summon it to surrender.
Space Viking H. Beam Piper 1934
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"You know that a Service hellburner was employed on Iredesium.
The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987
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