car bomb

noun

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

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Galizia was an investigative journalist and mother of three murdered by a car bomb in 2017. Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 There’s no doubt that Mexican cartels sow terror – from lifeless bodies hanging with threatening messages from public bridges to car bombs, widespread disappearances, and public shoot-outs. Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the insurgents detonated two car bombs Friday at the western edge of Aleppo. Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for car bomb

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

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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 10 Mar. 2025.

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