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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He was questioned again in 2014 as part of a separate probe into a suicide bomber who attended his mosque and was a casual acquaintance.
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Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
During his remarks, Trump told the story of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, killed along with three other Americans by a suicide bomber in 2019 in Syria, leaving behind her husband, 3-year-old son and 18-month-old son.
—Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The attack echoed a similar incident in 2023 when a suicide bomber killed 25 soldiers at the Jale Siyad base, located opposite the Damanyo facility.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 May 2025
There is a strong similarity to what happened in 2019, when Indian troops were killed in Pulwama by a young suicide bomber, and then Indian Air Force fighter jets tried to strike a seminary in Balakot, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
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Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2025
During his remarks, Trump told the story of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, killed along with three other Americans by a suicide bomber in 2019 in Syria, leaving behind her husband, 3-year-old son and 18-month-old son.
—Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The attack echoed a similar incident in 2023 when a suicide bomber killed 25 soldiers at the Jale Siyad base, located opposite the Damanyo facility.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 May 2025
There is a strong similarity to what happened in 2019, when Indian troops were killed in Pulwama by a young suicide bomber, and then Indian Air Force fighter jets tried to strike a seminary in Balakot, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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