suicide bomber
noun
plural suicide bombers
: a person who ends or plans to end their own life by exploding a bomb in order to kill other people
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The 15 best movies on Peacock Benitez clinches his victory with a rousing speech about tolerance in the aftermath of an attack by a suicide bomber outside the Vatican.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Twenty years ago, Paradise Now — a comedy about would-be Palestinian suicide bombers — was backed by a Warner Bros. subsidiary.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Reports While early unverified reports said the bomb may have been planted in a hallway at Scarlet Sails before the attack, the Russian news agency Interfax reported on Tuesday that the explosion was likely the work of a suicide bomber.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The image showed what appeared to be Walker wearing a suicide bomber vest.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Twenty years ago, Paradise Now — a comedy about would-be Palestinian suicide bombers — was backed by a Warner Bros. subsidiary.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Reports While early unverified reports said the bomb may have been planted in a hallway at Scarlet Sails before the attack, the Russian news agency Interfax reported on Tuesday that the explosion was likely the work of a suicide bomber.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
The image showed what appeared to be Walker wearing a suicide bomber vest.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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