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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Bilal’s version intervenes by introducing a third character: an Iraqi suicide bomber who, angered after his brother is killed by the US, is recruited to join a terrorist group.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
His wife, Shannon, a Navy cryptologist, was killed in 2019 along with three other Americans when a suicide bomber detonated his vest outside a restaurant in Manbij, in northern Syria.
—arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2025
In November 2024, a BLA suicide bomber killed at least 24 people and injured over 40 others at a crowded train station in Quetta.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
That same month, a furious British Prime Minister Theresa May complained to the American president that his officials had disclosed the name of a suicide bomber who attacked a concert arena in Manchester, preempting local law enforcement.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
His wife, Shannon, a Navy cryptologist, was killed in 2019 along with three other Americans when a suicide bomber detonated his vest outside a restaurant in Manbij, in northern Syria.
—arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2025
In November 2024, a BLA suicide bomber killed at least 24 people and injured over 40 others at a crowded train station in Quetta.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
That same month, a furious British Prime Minister Theresa May complained to the American president that his officials had disclosed the name of a suicide bomber who attacked a concert arena in Manchester, preempting local law enforcement.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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