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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In early 2019, a suicide bomber in a car rammed a convoy of Indian paramilitary police in the northern district of Pulwama, killing more than 40 people.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
What To Know In his book, the pope claims two suicide bombers, one on foot and the other in a vehicle, planned to target his visit to Mosul, the capital of Iraq's northern Nineveh province.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
One of its deadliest attacks took place on Nov. 9, when a suicide bomber killed nearly 30 people at a railway station in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan Province.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Across the street, a suicide bomber had run into a bar called Paddy’s and detonated a device.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
What To Know In his book, the pope claims two suicide bombers, one on foot and the other in a vehicle, planned to target his visit to Mosul, the capital of Iraq's northern Nineveh province.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
One of its deadliest attacks took place on Nov. 9, when a suicide bomber killed nearly 30 people at a railway station in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan Province.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Across the street, a suicide bomber had run into a bar called Paddy’s and detonated a device.
—Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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