car bomb

noun

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

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Initial reports suggested several car bombs had detonated in Tehran. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025 The individuals were working from a safe house, making car bombs and other explosives, police said. Nbc News, NBC news, 15 June 2025 And the case gets bigger when Bryanna tells the Organized Crime Control Bureau that her brothers — also involved in Los Santos — were just killed via car bomb in the Dominican Republic. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025 Authorities said four people were injured when a car bomb exploded outside the American Reproductive Centers clinic in Palm Springs Saturday, and the 25-year-old suspect was killed. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for car bomb

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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 Jul. 2025.

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