Gasoline Bomb (Noun)
Meaning
A crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The authorities discovered a homemade gasoline bomb near the protest site and quickly defused it before anyone got hurt.
- Police officials suspect the attack was carried out using a gasoline bomb, but no arrests have been made so far.
- Experts say a typical gasoline bomb can be as simple as a glass bottle filled with gasoline and fitted with a wick.
- Activists from both sides of the conflict deny being responsible for the use of gasoline bombs that resulted in massive fires throughout the city.
- According to witnesses, rioters hurled several gasoline bombs at police, leading to an eruption of chaos on the streets.