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 November, a suicide bomber struck outside a court in the capital, killing 12 people.
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Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
In November, a suicide bomber struck outside a court in the capital, killing 12 people.
—Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The explosion, which ripped through the mosque during Friday prayers, was caused by a suicide bomber, police told CNN.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Bangash, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani schoolboy, stopped a suicide bomber from entering his school, where the bomber would have killed two thousand students.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
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Munir Ahmed, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
In November, a suicide bomber struck outside a court in the capital, killing 12 people.
—Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The explosion, which ripped through the mosque during Friday prayers, was caused by a suicide bomber, police told CNN.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Shaheed Aitzaz Hassan Bangash, a fifteen-year-old Pakistani schoolboy, stopped a suicide bomber from entering his school, where the bomber would have killed two thousand students.
—Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for suicide bomber
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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