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 veterans were killed by an ISIS suicide bomber during the Abbey Gate attack and are buried at Section 60 at the national memorial.
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Washington Examiner Staff, Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Jan. 2025
In late August 2021, a suicide bomber attacked Kabul's airport as U.S. troops and Afghans desperately tried to evacuate the country.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Washington Examiner Staff, Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Jan. 2025
In late August 2021, a suicide bomber attacked Kabul's airport as U.S. troops and Afghans desperately tried to evacuate the country.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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