petrol bomb WORD ORIGIN noun British. Molotov cocktail. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of petrol bomb First recorded in 1955–60 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for petrol bomb petrol bomb noun a home-made incendiary device, consisting of a bottle filled with petrol and stoppered with a wick, that is thrown by hand; Molotov cocktail verb petrol-bomb (tr) to attack with petrol bombs Derived Formspetrol bomber, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012