car bomb

noun

: an explosive device concealed in an automobile for use as a weapon of terrorism

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A day later, the militants detonated a car bomb near a police station in Jenin, wounding three Palestinian policemen and two civilians. Barak Ravid, Axios, 15 Dec. 2024 Kate discloses this revelation to British Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) with whom she's been flirting a car bomb goes off in London killing or injuring several of Kate's colleagues and her husband, Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell). Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024 When Season 1 ended, Kate discovered that the British prime minister was responsible for a devastating attack on a British aircraft right before a car bomb went off, possibly killing the people Kate works closest with. Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024 The bravura sixth episode depicts the Price sisters, incarcerated for detonating a car bomb in central London, stage a hunger strike in order to be moved into a prison back in Northern Ireland. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for car bomb 

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of car bomb was in 1923

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“Car bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20bomb. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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