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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More recently, an al Qaeda operative and suspected mastermind behind the 2000 USS Cole bombing — in which suicide bombers sidled up alongside a US warship, waved to the sailors and then detonated explosives — was charged with perfidy, among other crimes.
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Chappell's son Kareem Nikoui, a Marine lance corporal, was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in August 2021.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Khandaqji was serving three life terms in an Israeli prison for dispatching a suicide bomber to an outdoor market in Tel Aviv in 2004, killing three Israeli civilians.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 3 Dec. 2025
On May 22, 2017, 22 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device outside the venue as concertgoers were exiting.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Chappell's son Kareem Nikoui, a Marine lance corporal, was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in August 2021.
—Alexandra Rockey Fleming, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Khandaqji was serving three life terms in an Israeli prison for dispatching a suicide bomber to an outdoor market in Tel Aviv in 2004, killing three Israeli civilians.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 3 Dec. 2025
On May 22, 2017, 22 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device outside the venue as concertgoers were exiting.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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