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Molotov cocktail

noun as in makeshift bomb

Weak match

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"You either need to pour petrol inside or throw a few Molotov cocktails inside," the account advised.

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Soon, Mariona joined her new friends on "raids": a few of them would block off a street, throw Molotov cocktails, hand out leaflets, and when the police turned up, scatter in every direction.

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The store was attacked with Molotov cocktail attacks as people called for it to be boycotted and for the company's executives to be charged.

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Ecuadorian officials said the convoy - which included UN and EU diplomats - was delivering aid to communities affected by a national strike when ambushed by about 350 people, who attacked it with Molotov cocktails.

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Balmer had admitted to officials that he removed petrol from a lawn mower and poured it into beer bottles to make Molotov cocktails he used in the attack, Pennsylvania State Police said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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