Molotov

[mol-uh-tawf, -tof, moh-luh-, maw-, maw-luh-tuhf]

noun

1. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin, 1890–1986, Russian statesman: commissar of foreign affairs 1939–49, 1953–56.

2. former name of Perm.

Molotov

¹

/ ˈmɒləˌtɒf, ˈmɔlətəf /

noun

1. the former name (1940–62) for Perm

Molotov

²

/ ˈmɒləˌtɒf, ˈmɔlətəf /

noun

1. Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (vɪtʃɪˈslaf miˈxajləvitʃ), original surname Skriabin. 1890–1986, Soviet statesman. As commissar and later minister for foreign affairs (1939–49; 1953–56) he negotiated the nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany and attended the founding conference of the United Nations and the Potsdam conference (1945)

Example Sentences

The store was attacked with Molotov cocktail attacks as people called for it to be boycotted and for the company's executives to be charged.

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Ecuadorian officials said the convoy - which included UN and EU diplomats - was delivering aid to communities affected by a national strike when ambushed by about 350 people, who attacked it with Molotov cocktails.

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Balmer had admitted to officials that he removed petrol from a lawn mower and poured it into beer bottles to make Molotov cocktails he used in the attack, Pennsylvania State Police said.

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He confessed to throwing Molotov cocktails inside the residence, causing significant damage to the home.

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A man admitted Wednesday that he lit a Molotov cocktail and threw it toward Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies during protests against immigration crackdowns over the summer.

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