The word "cocktail" is sometimes used figuratively for a mixture of liquids or other substances. For example, the usage of such a word could be as follows: "120 years of industry have dosed the area's soil with a noxious cocktail of heavy metals and chemical contaminants".
A makeshift incendiary bomb consisting of a bottle of inflammable liquid (usually gasoline) with a flaming rag attached is known as a "Molotov cocktail".
Combinations of antiretroviral drugs used as AIDS therapy are frequently referred to "drug cocktails" or "AIDS cocktails.
