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Molotov cocktail

noun

NAmE//ˌmɑlətɔf ˈkɑkteɪl//

, NAmE//ˌmɔlətɔf ˈkɑkteɪl//

a simple bomb that consists of a bottle filled with gasoline and a piece of cloth in the end that is made to burn just before the bomb is thrown

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