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Molotov cocktail

NOUN
makeshift bomb
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“Sorry to Bother You” is a Molotov cocktail in movie form, an explosive introduction to the brain of Boots Riley, who blends Michel Gondry’s playfulness with Spike Lee’s verve.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2018

It was a sonic Molotov cocktail that ignited a firestorm when it debuted in the summer of 1988.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2017

The new tactic has been dubbed the “poopootov” in a play on the Molotov cocktail often seen at streets protests in Venezuela.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2017

“A Molotov cocktail of madness, sanity and genius.”

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2014

"American Idiot" was warmly received in its Berkeley Repertory Theatre debut, and hit Broadway in April 2010 like a musical Molotov cocktail.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2012




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