molotov cocktail in English

noun
1
a crude incendiary device typically consisting of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and with a means of ignition. The production of similar grenades was organized by Vyacheslav Molotov during World War II.
In fact, they were throwing Molotov cocktails and hand grenades and firing AK - 47s.
noun
    petrol bomb

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1. It depicts a teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at three riot police.

2. Harris threw a Molotov cocktail toward the southwestern end of the library, but it failed to explode.

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