Meaning Of The Word Molotov cocktail

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Molotov cocktail
countable noun: A Molotov cocktail is a simple bomb made by putting petrol and cloth into a bottle. It is exploded by setting fire to the cloth.

Molotov cocktail in American English
a bottle filled with gasoline, etc. and wrapped in a saturated rag or plugged with a wick, then ignited and hurled as a grenade
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 in British English
noun: an elementary incendiary weapon, usually a bottle of petrol with a short-delay fuse or wick; petrol bomb

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