Molotov

[ mol-uh-tawf, -tof, moh-luh-, maw-; Russian maw-luh-tuhf ]

noun

1. Vya·che·slav Mi·khai·lo·vich [vee-, ah, -ch, uh, -slahf mi-, kahy, -l, uh, -vich, vyi-chyi-, slahf, myi-, khahy, -l, uh, -vyich], Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin, 1890–1986, Russian statesman: commissar of foreign affairs 1939–49, 1953–56.
2. former name of Perm.

Molotov

¹

/ ˈmɔlətəf; ˈmɒləˌtɒf /

noun

1. See Perm
   the former name (1940–62) for Perm

Molotov

²

/ ˈmɒləˌtɒf; ˈmɔlətəf /

noun

1. MolotovVyacheslav Mikhailovich18901986MRussianPOLITICS: statesman Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (vɪtʃɪˈslaf miˈxajləvitʃ), original surname Skriabin. 1890–1986, Soviet statesman. As commissar and later minister for foreign affairs (1939–49; 1953–56) he negotiated the nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany and attended the founding conference of the United Nations and the Potsdam conference (1945)

Example Sentences

A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.

From The Daily Beast

During Ukraine's winter revolution, Sergei says, he “built barricades and threw Molotov cocktails.”

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Armed with Molotov cocktails, furious Kurds have been firebombing schools, government buildings and political party offices.

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(Last month, police raided the apartment complex, carting off boxes of Molotov cocktails).

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During the clashes, opposing activists traded Molotov cocktails, leaving at least four dead and dozens wounded.

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At the Berlin four-power conference in late January 1954, Molotov used it again.

From Project Gutenberg

I could have made a Molotov cocktail by filling it with gas and using the rag for a fuse.

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