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Meanings of fire bomb in English

Russian
бутылка с горючей смесью
Portuguese
coquetéis molotov
Spanish
bomba molotov
Catalan
còctel molotov
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Incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle.

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        бутылка с горючей смесью
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        Examples for "molotov cocktail"
        Examples for "molotov cocktail"
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        I heard a molotov cocktail hit the wall and door.
        Reuters
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        One person was badly injured and five others injured after a molotov cocktail was thrown.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Facebook Twitter Pinterest A pro-democracy protester throws a molotov cocktail outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong.
        The Guardian
        4
        Police are investigating a fire at a Masterton motel which may have been started by a molotov cocktail.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Chilean police also captured bodycam footage of the molotov cocktail attack, which was shared to Twitter earlier this week.
        News.com.au
        1
        The main station was destroyed in a petrol bomb attack last October.
        The Irish Times
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        There was also an attempted petrol bomb attack earlier in the afternoon.
        BBC
        3
        Overnight petrol bomb attacks in Co Antrim were being investigated by police.
        The Irish Times
        4
        PSNI officers came under petrol bomb attack during disturbances in Derry overnight.
        The Irish Times
        5
        One water cannon caught fire after being hit by a petrol bomb.
        Reuters
        Usage of fire bomb in English
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        The empty fire bomb was the only one, and that seemed valueless.
        Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship; Or, The Naval Terror of the Se...
        2
        Violence at student rallies and fire bomb attacks by anarchist groups are common.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Early in the blitz some Jerry dropped a fire bomb on that cottage.
        Once there was a war
        4
        Another fire bomb has been found in Newtownards today.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It's a fire bomb, and it was set to go off at a certain time.
        Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship; Or, The Naval Terror of the Se...
        6
        It was probably something he was bringing here to burn the plant down with-a fire bomb.
        The Ambulance Made Two Trips
        7
        One successful fire bomb would do the work.
        The Conquest of America: A Romance of Disaster and Victory, U.S....
        8
        No, I don't believe it was the diamond-makers who put this fire bomb in the red shed.
        Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship; Or, The Naval Terror of the Se...
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        Some inmates speculate prisoners threw a homemade incendiary device, or fire bomb, in the gang members' cell area.
        The Irish Times
        10
        They found the place where the fire bomb had evidently been placed, right inside the main entrance to the shed.
        Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship; Or, The Naval Terror of the Se...
        11
        Two children were fighting for their lives late yesterday after a fire bomb attack on a house in Limerick on Sunday.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Two youths are due in court in Omagh today charged in connection with an alleged plot to fire bomb a supermarket.
        The Irish Times
        13
        He couldn't come to work and plant a fire bomb to set fire to the place!...
        The Ambulance Made Two Trips
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        ROME -A fire bomb exploded outside the offices of Italian tax collection agency Equitalia in the northern city of Verona yesterday, police said.
        The Irish Times
        15
        At least one person was injured by the fire bombs, police said.
        News.com.au
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        Some activists responded by hurling fireworks, fire bombs and stones at police.
        BBC