petrol bomb

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

   SynonymsMolotov cocktailgasoline bomb

   Broaderimprovised explosive device

Questions about petrol bomb

What does petrol bomb mean?

petrol bomb means "a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick".

What is another word for petrol bomb?

Close synonyms include Molotov cocktail, gasoline bomb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.