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 June, for example, a suicide bomber linked to ISIS attacked a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus, killing 25 and injuring 63.
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Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Double-taps have been deployed deliberately in the past by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Nigeria’s Boko Haram, which would send second suicide bombers to kill those trying to help victims of the first ones.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
The revelation, first reported by Fox News, comes as the elder Mamdani is facing backlash after a questionable excerpt of his 21-year-old book resurfaced, expressing his sympathy for suicide bombers.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 July 2025
He was questioned again in 2014 as part of a separate probe into a suicide bomber who attended his mosque and was a casual acquaintance.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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Caroline Rose, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Double-taps have been deployed deliberately in the past by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Nigeria’s Boko Haram, which would send second suicide bombers to kill those trying to help victims of the first ones.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
The revelation, first reported by Fox News, comes as the elder Mamdani is facing backlash after a questionable excerpt of his 21-year-old book resurfaced, expressing his sympathy for suicide bombers.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 July 2025
He was questioned again in 2014 as part of a separate probe into a suicide bomber who attended his mosque and was a casual acquaintance.
—Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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