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What is meaning of Molotov cocktail?

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The term 'molotov cocktail' means a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick

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What is a molotov cocktail?
It is not a drink, it is an improvised weapon (a petrol bomb), and illegal to make or use. The name comes from Vyacheslav Molotov (Scriabin, 1890-1986), who was the defense minister of the Soviet...
What are Molotov cocktails made of?
Petrol / gasoline in a bottle with a wick. The wick is usually a piece of cloth or some other absorbent material. Often there is a flint (as in a lighter flint) attached to the bottle so the wick can...
Can you drink a molotov cocktail?
No. A Molotov cocktail is a bomb made by filling a bottle with gas and stuffing a rag into the bottle's neck. See related links for more details.
Who made the molotov cocktail?
someone with the last name molotov
Who invented the first molotov cocktail?
Finnish soldiers in Winter war invented it for use against soviet tanks.