molotov cocktail

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  1. 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.

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  1. a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick

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