gasoline bomb
1gasoline bomb — noun a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick • Syn: ↑Molotov cocktail, ↑petrol bomb • Hypernyms: ↑improvised explosive device, ↑I.E.D., ↑IED …
2gasoline bomb — Molotov cocktail, explosive device made from a bottle filled with gasoline …
3bomb — bombable, adj. /bom/, n. 1. Mil. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 2. any similar missile or… …
4bomb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [bomb]shell; slang, flop (See failure). See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. weapon, missile, high explosive, charge, bombshell, grenade; see also explosive , mine 2 , nuclear bomb , shell 2 . Types of… …
5petrol bomb — noun a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick • Syn: ↑Molotov cocktail, ↑gasoline bomb • Hypernyms: ↑improvised explosive device, ↑I.E.D., ↑IED …
6Mark 77 bomb — A Mark 77 bomb being loaded on an F/A 18 Hornet, 1993. The Mark 77 bomb (MK 77) is a US 750 lb (340 kg) air dropped incendiary bomb carrying 110 U.S. gallons (416 L; 92 imp gal) of a fuel gel mix which is the direct… …
79th Bomb Squadron — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 9th Bomb Squadron caption= 9th Bomb Squadron Patch dates= 14 June 1917 29 June 1922 1 April 1931 6 January 1946 1 October 1946 25 June 1968 2 July 1969 15 August 1992 1 October 1993 Present country= United States… …
8incendiary bomb — noun a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) • Syn: ↑incendiary, ↑firebomb • Derivationally related forms: ↑firebomb (for: ↑firebomb) • Hypernyms …
9jelly bomb — jelly bomb, fire bomb made with jellied gasoline …
10Molotov cocktail — A Finnish soldier with a Molotov cocktail in the Winter War. The Molotov cocktail, also known as the petrol bomb, gasoline bomb, Molotov bomb, fire bottle, fire bomb, or simply Molotov, is a generic name used for a variety of improvised… …
