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Molotov cocktail

NOUN
makeshift bomb
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Yet, Paul Thomas Anderson’s fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full.

From Los Angeles Times

Finland has an extended history of war with its larger eastern neighbor — Finns coined the term “Molotov cocktail” during their 1939 Winter War with Russia.

From New York Times

But the relationship between Temi and the wife gives us more to consider, especially as Temi brings things to a breaking point with a Molotov cocktail of a lie.

From Seattle Times

He was accused of setting fire to a government building and to several cars, and of attacking a security guard’s outpost by throwing Molotov cocktails.

From New York Times

Police say a Molotov cocktail started the fire at Wisconsin Family Action.

From BBC