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Definition of Petrol bomb

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

Definition of Petrol bomb

1. Noun. A Molotov cocktail ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Petrol bomb

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. To Serve Without Favor: Policing, Human Rights, and Accountability in by Julia Hall (1997)
"In April 1997, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki requested information from the RUC about petrol bomb use at London/Derry from July 11 to 14, 1996. ..."

2. Aircraft in Warfare: The Dawn of the Fourth Arm by Frederick William Lanchester (1916)
"The use of the incendiary bomb, or petrol bomb, as it is sometimes termed, is indicated where the objective is of a sufficiently inflammable character. ..."

3. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"Even a simple one-gallon petrol bomb can unleash a fireball fifteen feet in diameter. These devices have deadly effect. Blast incendiary devices killed the ..."

4. Raymond Mhlaba's Personal Memoirs: Reminiscing from Rwanda and Uganda by Raymond Mhlaba, Thembeka Mufamadi, Human Sciences Research Council, Robben Island Museum (2001)
"In East London a petrol bomb exploded in the administration office. In PE cadres cut the telephone wires of trunk lines. Comrades burned down the house of ..."

5. The World's Work Second War Manual: The Conduct of the War by Arthur Wilson Page (1914)
"On one occasion a petrol bomb was successfully exploded in a German bivouac at night, while from a diary found on a dead German cavalry soldier it has been ..."

6. The Great War: A Pictorial History of the 1914-1919 Fight for Freedom and by Thomas Herbert Russell, John Joseph Pershing, John Martin Miller, Louis Edgar Orcutt, William Dunseath Eaton (1919)
"On one occasion a petrol bomb was successfully exploded in a German bivouac at night, while from a diary found on a dead German cavalry soldier it has been ..."

7. The Great Push: An Episode of the Great War by Patrick MacGill (1916)
""B. with a petrol bomb, D. with shrapnel, and R. with a bayonet wound. Some of the Bavarians made a damned good fight for it." . ..."

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