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molotov cocktail

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun molotov cocktail has 1 sense

molotov cocktail(n = noun.artifact) gasoline bomb, petrol bomb - a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick; Array

is a kind of i.e.d., ied, improvised explosive device

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molotov cocktail, n.

A home-made incendiary device consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, and a cloth wick. The wick is lighted, and the bottle thrown at a target, such as a vehicle, where it may shatter and spread intense flames over the vehicle, destroying or damaging it. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

molotov cocktail, n. a crude incendiary device usu. consisting of a bottle filled with inflammable liquid.

Etymology

V. M. Molotov, Russian statesman d. 1986

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