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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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.
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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
In 2017, a terrorist attack occurred outside a Grande concert in Manchester, England, with a suicide bomber killing 22 attendees.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
All 20 defendants were convicted, including Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the 10-man attack unit, who dropped the three suicide bombers off outside the stadium but later ditched his own explosive vest in a rubbish bin in the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
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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
In 2017, a terrorist attack occurred outside a Grande concert in Manchester, England, with a suicide bomber killing 22 attendees.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
All 20 defendants were convicted, including Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the 10-man attack unit, who dropped the three suicide bombers off outside the stadium but later ditched his own explosive vest in a rubbish bin in the southern Paris suburb of Montrouge.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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