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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The explosion, which the BLA said was the work of a suicide bomber, also raised questions about the ability of Pakistani forces to protect high-profile events or foreigners in the country.
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Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
In fact, during the interview, the president scarcely mentioned Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s dictator, except to emphasize that suspicions of his complicity should not have surprised anyone given Saddam’s history of funding suicide bombers.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2023
Crocker, the former American Ambassador who is now chair in diplomacy and security at the RAND Corporation, was at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut when, in 1983, Hezbollah dispatched a suicide bomber who killed more than sixty people.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2024
In 2000: Seventeen American crew members on the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer, lost their lives and many more were injured during a refueling stop at Yemen’s port of Aden, where the ship was attacked by two suicide bombers in a small motorboat packed with explosives.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
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Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
In fact, during the interview, the president scarcely mentioned Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s dictator, except to emphasize that suspicions of his complicity should not have surprised anyone given Saddam’s history of funding suicide bombers.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2023
Crocker, the former American Ambassador who is now chair in diplomacy and security at the RAND Corporation, was at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut when, in 1983, Hezbollah dispatched a suicide bomber who killed more than sixty people.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2024
In 2000: Seventeen American crew members on the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer, lost their lives and many more were injured during a refueling stop at Yemen’s port of Aden, where the ship was attacked by two suicide bombers in a small motorboat packed with explosives.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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