suicide bomber
noun
: a person who commits suicide by exploding a bomb in order to kill other people
a suicide bomber
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The envoy also cited another Hezbollah attack in Buenos Aires two years before the AMIA bombing, when a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Israeli embassy, killing 29 civilians and wounding 242 others.
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Joshua Marks, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
In March, five Chinese engineers in the northwest of the country were killed when a suicide bomber, who Pakistan alleged was an Afghan national, rammed a vehicle into their convoy.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 5 July 2024
In 1881, the Russian anarchist group People’s Will assassinated Czar Alexander II when an assailant, thought by some to be history’s first suicide bomber, threw an explosive at the feet of the Russian emperor.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
In 2017, suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated an explosive after an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2024
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Joshua Marks, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2024
In March, five Chinese engineers in the northwest of the country were killed when a suicide bomber, who Pakistan alleged was an Afghan national, rammed a vehicle into their convoy.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 5 July 2024
In 1881, the Russian anarchist group People’s Will assassinated Czar Alexander II when an assailant, thought by some to be history’s first suicide bomber, threw an explosive at the feet of the Russian emperor.
—Steven Johnson, New York Times, 17 May 2024
In 2017, suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated an explosive after an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2024
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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