car bomb

noun

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

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Dwelling on the magnitude of and motivations behind all those car bombs, and on the child amid the wreckage, horror sets in. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026 For the past two years, Mordisco’s group has also used drone attacks and car bombs, to respond to an offensive from the Colombian military in the Micay Canyon, a remote area covered with coca fields that is under the FARC-EMC’s grip. ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 Police in Northern Ireland on Sunday declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station. CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 Three car bombs—two in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and one in Mosul—killed at least twenty-six people. Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026 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 3 Jun. 2026.

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