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Molotov

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

noun

  1. Vya·che·slav Mi·khai·lo·vich [vee-, ah, -ch, uh, -slahf mi-, kahy, -l, uh, -vich, vyi-chyi-, slahf, myi-, khahy, -l, uh, -vyich], 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Molotov

2

/ ˈmɒləˌtɒf; ˈmɔlətəf /

noun

  1. MolotovVyacheslav Mikhailovich18901986MRussianPOLITICS: statesman 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.

During Ukraine's winter revolution, Sergei says, he “built barricades and threw Molotov cocktails.”

Armed with Molotov cocktails, furious Kurds have been firebombing schools, government buildings and political party offices.

(Last month, police raided the apartment complex, carting off boxes of Molotov cocktails).

During the clashes, opposing activists traded Molotov cocktails, leaving at least four dead and dozens wounded.

At the Berlin four-power conference in late January 1954, Molotov used it again.

I could have made a Molotov cocktail by filling it with gas and using the rag for a fuse.

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