car bomb

noun

: an explosive device concealed in an automobile for use as a weapon of terrorism

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Season 3 concludes with the series’ most shocking finale yet—which is saying something, considering the previous two seasons ended with a car bomb explosion and a dead POTUS, respectively. Barry Levitt, Time, 16 Oct. 2025 Police found documents about subjects including Nazi Germany, the Rwandan genocide and car bombs on his devices. Reuters, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025 In 1976: Orlando Letelier, a prominent critic of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, was assassinated with his colleague Ronni Moffitt by a car bomb in Washington. Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025 In another scene, an actor playing Arizona’s then-governor is blown up by a car bomb; another politician collapses from a poisoned candygram. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for car bomb

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of car bomb was in 1923

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“Car bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20bomb. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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