Molotov cocktail

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Mo·lo·tov cock·tail • n. a crude incendiary device typically consisting of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and with a means of ignition. The production of similar grenades was organized by Vyacheslav Molotov during World War II.

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Molotov cocktail

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Molotov cocktail a crude incendiary device typically consisting of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and with a means of ignition. The production of similar grenades was organized by Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), during the Second World War.

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