petrol bomb

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petrol bomb

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a home-made incendiary device, consisting of a bottle filled with petrol and stoppered with a wick, that is thrown by hand; Molotov cocktail

vb petrol-bomb (tr)

to attack with petrol bombs

petrol bomber n

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Noun

petrol bomb - a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick

gasoline bomb, Molotov cocktail

I.E.D., IED, improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised

Translations

petrol bomb n → (bottiglia or bomba) molotov f inv

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