Molotov cocktail
noun
Mo·lo·tov cocktail
ˈmä-lə-ˌtȯf- 
ˈmȯ-,
ˈmō-,
-ˌtȯv-
: a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid (such as gasoline) and usually fitted with a wick (such as a saturated rag) that is ignited just before the bottle is hurled
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Federal prosecutors accuse a woman of throwing a Molotov cocktail onto the back porch of her Venezuelan neighbors’ home on the city’s Northwest Side in March 2024, according to court records.
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
The trio is so utterly hilarious and plays brilliantly off one another, with jokes, reactions, and physical humor zipping between them faster than Ruth turns around those syrup-bottle Molotov cocktails in a pinch.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
Ukraine’s fight began with soldiers setting tank traps on the streets of Kyiv and ordinary citizens making Molotov cocktails to defend their homes.
—Lloyd J. Austin Iii, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Inside McGuire’s Mustang at the courthouse, deputies found ammunition, a flare gun and a box of fireworks, along with a shotgun, rifle, additional ammunition, a device believed to be a bomb and 10 Molotov cocktails, authorities said.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
The trio is so utterly hilarious and plays brilliantly off one another, with jokes, reactions, and physical humor zipping between them faster than Ruth turns around those syrup-bottle Molotov cocktails in a pinch.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
Ukraine’s fight began with soldiers setting tank traps on the streets of Kyiv and ordinary citizens making Molotov cocktails to defend their homes.
—Lloyd J. Austin Iii, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Inside McGuire’s Mustang at the courthouse, deputies found ammunition, a flare gun and a box of fireworks, along with a shotgun, rifle, additional ammunition, a device believed to be a bomb and 10 Molotov cocktails, authorities said.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Molotov cocktail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Molotov%20cocktail. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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