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

Examples of suicide bomber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In June, Swedish authorities arrested a teenage boy who pledged allegiance to the Islamist State and idolized suicide bombers, according to Swedish media. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

His second came from the blast of a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2011. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

The actor and singer previously disclosed she was diagnosed with PTSD after a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including a number of children, at her concert in Manchester in 2017. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Peshawar, PakistanAP — A suicide bomber targeted protesters at an antimilitant rally in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 14 people, mostly civilians and police officers, and wounding more than two dozen others, officials said. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for suicide bomber

• calmer
• embalmer