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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Protesters reached the front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in Jerusalem, and Israeli police say a Molotov cocktail was thrown.
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NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
As of Saturday, Russia had filed at least 15 criminal cases after people poured dye in ballot boxes, started fires or lobbed Molotov cocktails at polling stations.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
The police spokesperson said individuals on Tuesday night also threw Molotov cocktails and fired fireworks directly at security forces.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
Gangs threw Molotov cocktails at the interior ministry headquarters and fired gunshots at the presidential palace.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
The rounds were blanks, the Molotov cocktail wasn’t lit, the smoke came from a machine.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
Scuffles broke out between police and protesters in the capital and in similar protests in Thessaloniki, the country's second-largest city, where riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades to repel demonstrators throwing paint, stones and Molotov cocktails.
—Derek Gatopoulos and Costas Kantouris, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
Some of the demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and set off fireworks, the police said.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Batten helped and conspired with Brannon to firebomb the clinic with a Molotov cocktail from February through March 13, 2022, according to his plea agreement.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
As of Saturday, Russia had filed at least 15 criminal cases after people poured dye in ballot boxes, started fires or lobbed Molotov cocktails at polling stations.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
The police spokesperson said individuals on Tuesday night also threw Molotov cocktails and fired fireworks directly at security forces.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
Gangs threw Molotov cocktails at the interior ministry headquarters and fired gunshots at the presidential palace.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
The rounds were blanks, the Molotov cocktail wasn’t lit, the smoke came from a machine.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
Scuffles broke out between police and protesters in the capital and in similar protests in Thessaloniki, the country's second-largest city, where riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades to repel demonstrators throwing paint, stones and Molotov cocktails.
—Derek Gatopoulos and Costas Kantouris, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
Some of the demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and set off fireworks, the police said.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
Batten helped and conspired with Brannon to firebomb the clinic with a Molotov cocktail from February through March 13, 2022, according to his plea agreement.
—City News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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