greek fire

• Feu grégeois, arme incendiaire historique utilisée par l'Empire byzantin, capable de brûler sur l'eau; souvent employé métaphoriquement pour désigner quelque chose d'extrêmement destructeur ou incontrôlable.

A historical incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire, capable of burning on water, often used metaphorically to describe something highly destructive or uncontrollable.

1. Ancient incendiary weaponC2formal

   A highly flammable substance used in naval warfare by the Byzantine Empire, which could burn on water and was difficult to extinguish.

   feu grégeois

   • The Byzantine fleet used Greek fire to repel the Arab siege of Constantinople.
   • The exact composition of Greek fire remains a historical mystery.
   • Soldiers deployed Greek fire from siphons mounted on the ships.