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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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.
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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
An ancient precursor to the kamikaze pilot and the suicide bomber, passed down through oral tradition.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Hamas, along with other terrorist groups inside Gaza, could also begin deploying suicide bombers against Israeli soldiers on foot patrol.
—Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
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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
An ancient precursor to the kamikaze pilot and the suicide bomber, passed down through oral tradition.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024
Hamas, along with other terrorist groups inside Gaza, could also begin deploying suicide bombers against Israeli soldiers on foot patrol.
—Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Suicide bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20bomber. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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