Noun: gasoline bomb
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: petrol bomb)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: petrol bomb)
- A crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick
"The rioters threw gasoline bombs at the police lines";
- Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb [Brit]
Derived forms: gasoline bombs
Type of: I.E.D., IED, improvised explosive device
Encyclopedia: Gasoline bomb