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Molotov cocktail
noun
- a crude incendiary grenade consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing: used originally for setting fire to enemy tanks during the Spanish Civil War.
Molotov cocktail
/ ˈmɒləˌtɒf /
noun
- an elementary incendiary weapon, usually a bottle of petrol with a short-delay fuse or wick; petrol bomb
Molotov cocktail
- An incendiary bomb made from a breakable container, such as a bottle, filled with flammable liquid and provided with a rag wick. Used by the Soviets against the invading German armies in World War II , these bombs were nicknamed after V. M. Molotov, a foreign minister of the Soviet Union at that time.
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Example Sentences
A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.
One landlord even paid somebody to hurl a Molotov cocktail into an apartment just to smoke out tenants and jack up rents.
I knew immediately that the chemistry was a Molotov cocktail.
While Davis was campaigning for that most recent election, her office was attacked with a Molotov cocktail.
Local media had been reporting that the arsonist was using some kind of Molotov cocktail to smash through the car windows.
I could have made a Molotov cocktail by filling it with gas and using the rag for a fuse.
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