Molotov cocktail

Molotov cocktail
a crude incendiary grenade consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that is ignited before throwing: used originally for setting fire to enemy tanks during the Spanish Civil War.
[1935-40; named after V. M. MOLOTOV]

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