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PETROL BOMB

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Dictionary entry overview: What does petrol bomb mean?

• PETROL BOMB (noun)
The noun PETROL BOMB has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: PETROL BOMB used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PETROL BOMB (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gasoline bomb; Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb

Hypernyms ("petrol bomb" is a kind of...):

I.E.D.; IED; improvised explosive device (an explosive device that is improvised)

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