Molotov cocktail

n.

1.

A home-made incendiary device consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, and a cloth wick. The wick is lighted, and the bottle thrown at a target, such as a vehicle, where it may shatter and spread intense flames over the vehicle, destroying or damaging it.

Noun

1.

Molotov cocktail - a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick Synonyms: gasoline bomb, petrol bomb

bomb, gasoline bomb, petrol bomb