car bomb

noun

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

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Then in 2019, another militant affiliated with the same group rammed a car bomb into a convoy of Indian security forces in Pulwama in Kashmir, killing 40 personnel. Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 7 May 2025 In 2019, months before New Delhi revoked the region’s autonomy, a car bomb attack by militants in southern Pulwama district killed at least 40 paramilitary soldiers and wounded dozens more, bringing India and Pakistan close to war. Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025 The meeting comes on the same day a car bomb killed a senior Russian military officer in the town of Balashikha just east of Moscow, Russian investigators said, in an attack that Russian war bloggers blamed on Ukraine. Anastasia Teterevleva and Mark Trevelyan, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025 Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies But what led him to build a makeshift car bomb and to take his own life is the focus of the investigation by local and federal agencies. Dave Philipps, New York Times, 3 Jan. 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 5 Jun. 2025.

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