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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Hamas also sent suicide bombers into Israel in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Samia Nakhoul and Stephen Farrell, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
His words proved prescient earlier this year, when ISIS-K mounted the deadliest terror attack Iran had experienced since the founding of the Islamic Republic, in which two suicide bombers killed at least 95 people at a memorial on the anniversary of Soleimani’s death.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Smoke rises from cities; the highways are filled with walls of wrecked cars; suicide bombers dive into a crowd lined up for water rations; death squads, snipers, and mass graves dot the countryside.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
In 2017, two weeks after a suicide bomber blew himself up and killed 22 people at Grande’s concert in Manchester, England, Braun helped organize the all-star One Love Manchester benefit concert and television special, which raised nearly $3 million to help victims.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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Samia Nakhoul and Stephen Farrell, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
His words proved prescient earlier this year, when ISIS-K mounted the deadliest terror attack Iran had experienced since the founding of the Islamic Republic, in which two suicide bombers killed at least 95 people at a memorial on the anniversary of Soleimani’s death.
—Graham Allison, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Smoke rises from cities; the highways are filled with walls of wrecked cars; suicide bombers dive into a crowd lined up for water rations; death squads, snipers, and mass graves dot the countryside.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
In 2017, two weeks after a suicide bomber blew himself up and killed 22 people at Grande’s concert in Manchester, England, Braun helped organize the all-star One Love Manchester benefit concert and television special, which raised nearly $3 million to help victims.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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