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petrol bomb
[f. petrol + bomb n. 2.]
A bomb, usu. home-made and thrown by hand, consisting of a petrol-filled bottle and a wick; a Molotov cocktail.
1958[see flick-knife s.v. flick n.1 4]. 1963Times 20 Feb. 11/3 It will be imposed where petrol bombs or inflammatory liquid or explosives are used against persons. 1969Guardian 13 Aug. 1/1 The rioters threw petrol bombs. 1971Peace News 10 Sept. 7/1 The effects of petrol bombs, CS gas and searchings were tragically obvious in the children. 1976P. Ferris Detective ii. 24 A petrol bomb was thrown.
Hence ˈpetrol-bomb v. trans., to throw a petrol bomb at; to destroy or damage with a petrol bomb; ˈpetrol bomber, one who throws a petrol bomb; ˈpetrol-bombing vbl. n., throwing of a petrol bomb.
1963Times 23 Feb. 7/4 Sir Edgar Whitehead, said that unless the Government dropped the provision making the death sentence for petrol bombing compulsory, the Opposition ‘with all the constitutional means at our disposal will fight this Bill clause by clause to the bitter end’. 1969Guardian 16 Aug. 9/1 The Catholics who were petrol⁓bombed out of their homes. 1971Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 7/6 Other odd areas [of Paris] that are patrolled include the Chad Embassy (petrol-bombed a year ago). 1974J. Mitchell Death & Bright Water vii. 60 All he had to worry about now was the petrol bombers he'd seen. 1976Times 23 Dec. 10/5 The dockyard boys had petrol-bombed the rent office. |