suicide bomb

noun

: a bomb carried by someone who plans to be killed by it when it explodes

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Or who knows how many travelers a terrorist can kill with a suicide bomb attack among travelers waiting around for hours at an overcrowded airport? — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026 The suicide bomb attack derailed the passenger train and caused two cars to catch fire, according to the Associated Press. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 May 2026 The court sided with a soldier who was badly injured when a Taliban operative working at the Bagram Airfield detonated a suicide bomb. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 At least 23 people have been killed and 71 injured after a suicide bomb attack near a railway station in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday as a train was passing through. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for suicide bomb

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