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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Lucy Grace Nelson, 40, was charged with malicious destruction of property in connection with vandalism at a Colorado Tesla dealership that included Molotov cocktails being thrown at vehicles, according to federal prosecutors.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2025
According to the federal criminal complaint filed against Nelson, she is suspected of starting fires by igniting Molotov cocktails crafted from empty liquor bottles near vehicles that apparently did not cause much damage.
—Colleen Slevin, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
In the first incident on Jan. 29, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at a Cybertruck, according to an arrest affidavit viewed by 9News.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
If Jude’s previous two fiction films were Molotov cocktails of indignation, his latest secretes a kind of scentless poison that gets at the banality with which social injustices are processed and rationalized.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2025
According to the federal criminal complaint filed against Nelson, she is suspected of starting fires by igniting Molotov cocktails crafted from empty liquor bottles near vehicles that apparently did not cause much damage.
—Colleen Slevin, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
In the first incident on Jan. 29, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at a Cybertruck, according to an arrest affidavit viewed by 9News.
—Laura Barcella, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
If Jude’s previous two fiction films were Molotov cocktails of indignation, his latest secretes a kind of scentless poison that gets at the banality with which social injustices are processed and rationalized.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Molotov cocktail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Molotov%20cocktail. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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