petrol bomb

noun

A Molotov cocktail.

Similar
Molotov cocktailgasoline bomb

Meanings

nounpetrol bomb (plural petrol bombs)

plural petrol bombs

  1. IrelandUKA Molotov cocktail.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
Molotov cocktailgasoline bomb

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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