Molotov cocktail

Related to Molotov cocktail: napalm

Molotov cocktail

1. A makeshift bomb, usually consisting of a gasoline-filled bottle and a wick, that is ignited before it is thrown at a target. The riot police moved in after the demonstrators started throwing Molotov cocktails.
2. By extension, something that has an explosive or otherwise negative impact on a person or situation. If you say anything negative about school board, it will be a real Molotov cocktail at this dinner party, believe me! His arrest was the Molotov cocktail that brought the whole scandal to light.
See also: cocktail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dip (one's) wick
  • dip your wick
  • wick
  • crack a bottle open
  • crack a bottle
  • on the bottle
  • bottle up
  • skully
  • hit the bottle
  • crack open a bottle
References in periodicals archive
Officials searched DeGuzman's bedroom in his parents' house and found a propane bomb, 34 pipe bombs, a backpack containing 19 Molotov cocktails, several rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Molotov cocktails were developed by the Finnish army, which was poorly equipped, to hold back the Soviet tanks.
Thursday for a report that a Molotov cocktail had been thrown at a house and had landed next to the house.
A Jewish Synagogue at Hara Kbira, Djerba-Houmet Souk, suffered a Molotov cocktail attack on Tuesday night, causing slight material damage in the hall.
The Molotov cocktail caused damage in the car but no one was hurt, an army
Judges found them guilty of arson, possessing Molotov cocktails and participating in an illegal gathering.
According to court documents, the defendants gathered behind the Batelco kiosk in Duraz and threw Molotov cocktails at police patrols.
According to Palestinian media reports this morning, a group of settlers threw stones and Molotov cocktails at passing cars and burned a vehicle after being directly attacked by a Molotov cocktail.
E[currency]IRNAK (CyHAN)- Molotov cocktail attacks burned 175 market stalls at an open market in Cizre, a town in the southeastern province of E[currency]yrnak, on Thursday during illegal protests against the Syrian government, which deported Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Eucalan out of country on Oct.
The windows and furniture in the youth center were all damaged as a result of the Molotov cocktail attack.
One of riot control vehicles caught fire as protestors threw Molotov cocktail on it.
One of the defendants, aged 18, confessed to pelting the police vehicle with a Molotov cocktail in the attack.
Summary: ISTANBUL(Cihan/TZ) - Serap Eser, 17, who had been injured in early November by a Molotov cocktail attack on a municipal bus, died early Monday at a hospital where she had been receiving treatment since the incident.
The officer fired tear gas at the crowd in an attempt to disperse them, but one Molotov cocktail smashed through an opening causing fire to spread inside the vehicle.
The teenager said that he "accidentally" set a nearby farm on fire when a Molotov cocktail he threw at policemen missed its target.